The Bibsam Consortium and Elsevier to sign new transformative agreement - November 25, 2019

The Bibsam Consortium is signing a Read & Publish agreement with Elsevier, a global information analytics business specializing in science and health. Under the deal, Swedish researchers will gain access to the publisher's 2000 journals once more. In addition, all Swedish research articles will be published open access. The previous agreement with Elsevier was terminated in 2018. A new agreement is now in place that meets Bibsam’s requirements and reflects fair value for both sides.

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Are Berkeley Faculty Onboard with OA? - Taking the Temperature on Open Access Among UC Berkeley Faculty - November 12, 2019

November 12, 2019
Taking the Temperature on Open Access Among UC Berkeley Faculty
Chan Li
Assessment Librarian, University of California Berkeley Library

Are Faculty Onboard with OA?

Recently, UC Berkeley Library signed the OA2020 Expression of Interest, a campaign to push for open access by 2020, and decided to end its Elsevier journal subscriptions. In response, Ithaka S+R conducted a survey to read Berkeley faculty’s attitudes on OA, and whether they are aligned with the library’s choices. Results generally point toward support for OA, though there were some variances in enthusiasm dependent on department and faculty age. The main argument against OA seemed to be the typical one—that subscription-based journals lend prestige and precious grounds for tenure. [Ithaka S+R]

Source:  https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/taking-the-temperature-on-open-access-among-uc-berkeley-faculty/.