Norway and Elsevier agreement - April 23, 2019

In Norway, New Model for Elsevier Agreement - Inside Higher Ed

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Elsevier is expected to announce today a deal with Norway's universities under which all the research they publish will be freely available to all, The Financial Times reported. Under the deal the consortium of Norwegian universities will pay Elsevier for the articles their faculty members publish instead of for subscriptions. The deal comes amid growing opposition -- most notably from the University of California system -- to high journal subscription prices.

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Ithaka S+R Publishes 2018 Faculty Survey Results - April 20, 2019

Ithaka S+R Publishes 2018 Faculty Survey Results

At last week’s ACRL 2019 conference in Cleveland, Ithaka S+R published the results from its latest annual survey, which traces shifts in higher education faculty research, teaching, and publishing practices over time. Among this year’s findings: there is a growing gap between faculty attitudes regarding open access publishing and their practices. An increasing number of faculty report that they would be happy to see an open access model replace the traditional subscription models. Still, traditional incentives (circulation, impact factors) continue to rank above open access in researchers’ decisions about where to publish—particularly for early-career faculty. The full survey is available here

Announcement - April 12, 2019  

Blog: The Research, Teaching, and Publishing Practices of Faculty

US Faculty Survey 2018