Nelson memo likely to be cancelled. possibly couple of agencies to go ahead with immediate access mandates anyways https://t.co/1I9gx4uLHl #openaccess#ChsConf24
New [nationwide] publishing agreements with Frontiers and PLOS for investment in #openaccess [in Sweden] https://t.co/qmFmoxJEBG 'researchers at all Bibsam Consortium organizations will be able to publish in all journals without charge for either author or institution'
German library consortium @ZB_MED announces the world’s largest fully open access agreement with Frontiers. With this flat-fee deal, more than 900 German research centers and libraries will be able to join and publish an unlimited number of articles across all Frontiers journals.
#cOAlition_S (#Plan_S) reiterates that transformative agreements should be transitional. Supporting them beyond 2024 "would…increase the risk that [they] will become permanent & perpetuate #hybrid#OpenAccess, which [we have] always firmly opposed."
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.@lisalibrarian at OSTP Memo session (https://t.co/mMKq6vt4UV): green OA compliance route success depends not just on publishers offering it but also authors going for it. librarians should start conversation about transformative & pure #OpenAccess deals yesterday #chasconf2022
This thread. Green-via-Gold is where its at. Though I certainly am very clear that many of you don't like my terminology and don't like what's happening. Hopefully it's been made clear that my term is to DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAPPENING -- I'm giving it a name, not saying it is
good!
many great insights by @najkoja at #oat22, e.g., 'even more market concentration among' "Publisher market shares as measured by articles published between 2017 and 2022 in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements." (https://t.co/HBx7W5mSZr)
Final OASPA webinar of 2021: The Fully Open Access Agreement – An Essential Component of a Diverse, Open Access World - December 6, 15:00 UK/UTC
Hear from publisher, researcher & librarian stakeholders on the necessity and benefits of fully OA agreements. https://t.co/X8w8YEI3nf
At The Charleston Conference @chsconf, Frontiers’ Head of Institutional Affairs Stephan Kuster @Researchkuster will be touching upon the impact of ‘Big Deal’ cancellations on discovery and access to journal content and how #OpenAccess publishers can help libraries.
Economics Prof.: 'giant offset deals could spur market concentration in publishing industry & giant publishers would have “tremendous market power to squeeze money out of libraries & science organisations” in future' https://t.co/8vRVUcmG71 (17 Apr) about https://t.co/DbKDqaxSkh