by Franny Gaede | Dec 30, 2019 | OA in Action
In celebrating 10 years of their open access program, the University of Ottawa highlighted major milestones: Adopting an open access policy Establishing an Open Scholarship Award in 2016 that “recognizes faculty leaders that demonstrate excellence in supporting...
by Franny Gaede | Dec 22, 2019 | Big Deals
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has collected a database of pricing data for journal subscription packages: Big Deal Knowledge Base and a list of institutions who have negotiated and/or cancelled big deals, listing strategic...
by Franny Gaede | Dec 21, 2019 | Transformative Agreements
The Senate Sub-Committee on Open Access was pleased to have the opportunity to virtually meet with members of the University of California community to discuss open access and transformative agreements in late November 2019. We appreciate their permission to share...
by Franny Gaede | Dec 20, 2019 | Minutes
Present: David Condon (Chair), Beth Harn, Andy Kern, Ann Miller, Susan Breakenridge, Miriam Rigby, Margaret Sereno, Franny Gaede, Mark Watson Welcome/Introductions: David asked everyone to introduce themselves and provide some professional context for their...
by Franny Gaede | Dec 3, 2019 | Transformative Agreements
The National Library of Sweden announced on November 22 that a transformative agreement for the country had been reached with Elsevier, following a similar deal between Norway and Elsevier in April. Read the announcement from the National Library of Sweden On...
