Category: APC

Stockholm University battles sky rocketing OA publishing costs

6 March, 2018

We all know that universities all around the world pay the most prestigious publishers to be able to read and to publish their researchers’ work. The University Libraries’ budgets are battling with the sky rocketing publishing costs, paid by public funds (taxpayers), to make research accessible for students, researchers and the society as a whole. … More Stockholm University battles sky rocketing OA publishing costs

The setback danger of offsetting

The setback danger of offsetting

12 May, 2017

The blog of Stockholm University Press is open for guest posts to encourage an open conversation on current ongoing developments about Open Access (OA) in general and Library publishing in particular. The issue about offsetting deals is relevant to the Stockholm University Library, as we are currently piloting several such contracts ourselves within the BIBSAM … More The setback danger of offsetting

About Liber Annual Conference 2016, Brexit and Open Research

27 June, 2016

We want to share the latest news and debates about open access, scholarly publishing and similar topics. These articles caught our attention this week. Have we missed anything? Please share your comments below. Liber Liber Annual Conference 2016: Europe’s Libraries Unite For Open Science Follow and Participate in Liber 2016 online Live Streaming from Liber … More About Liber Annual Conference 2016, Brexit and Open Research

“Let us get rid of the publishers – Let us do this ourselves” (part 2)

4 February, 2016

Guest post written by Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access Adviser at University Library of Tromsø and chairman of the board of SPARC Europe In my earlier blog I wrote that getting rid of (commercial) publishers as such is a bad idea. In this blogpost I will continue to discuss what role(s) publishers should have, what business … More “Let us get rid of the publishers – Let us do this ourselves” (part 2)

“Let us get rid of the publishers – Let us do this ourselves” (part 1)

1 February, 2016

Guest blog post by Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access Adviser at University Library of Tromsø and chairman of the board of SPARC Europe In discussions, I often hear the cry «let us get rid of the publishers – let us do this ourselves». I understand why this is said – e.g. the extreme profit levels … More “Let us get rid of the publishers – Let us do this ourselves” (part 1)