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Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: New Pathways for the Future
The University of California (UC) Libraries have released a new report, Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC, outlining a values-based framework, key recommendations, and practical strategies for advancing open access (OA) monograph publishing. Developed within UC, the report is intended to inform and support conversations within the library and scholarly communication communities about how scholarly monographs—particularly in the arts, humanities, and social sciences (AHSS)—can be made more open, equitable, and sustainable. The report synthesizes the current landscape of OA monograph publishing and presents a framework including investment strategies and tactics that are grounded in shared scholarly values. The framework builds […]
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Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs – A UC Libraries Pilot Project
Starting in 2025, UC Libraries are supporting several projects intended to broaden access to University of California research and scholarship by making UC-authored books open access. Following on successful efforts to open UC-authored journal articles, these projects will enable UC authors publishing books with select university presses to choose open access at no cost to them, and will also begin opening previously published books by UC authors. The projects represent both a “strategic investment in BPC-based OA monograph initiatives that directly support authors…aligned with UC research and teaching” and “strengthened partnerships with university presses,” two core recommendations of UC Libraries’ recently […]
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Lyrasis, Big Ten Academic Alliance Libraries, and California Digital Library Receive Grant to Advance Diamond Open Access in the United States
This post originally appeared on the Lyrasis website. California Digital Library (CDL), together with our partners Lyrasis and the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs, received a $206,886 grant-funded project from the Gates Foundation to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. The grant will support the project Mapping U.S. Diamond Open Access Journals, which will conduct the first national mapping of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing in the United States. Diamond OA journals are peer-reviewed publications that are free for both authors and readers and operate without commercial profit motives. The project will illuminate the decentralized […]
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NIH Asks For Input on Ways the Agency Could Control Costs
The University of California recently submitted a response to NIH’s Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. In this Request for Information (RFI), NIH asked for input on ways the agency could control costs, particularly with regard to limiting the amount of grant funds that could be spent on article processing charges (APCs). In its response, UC did not support any of the five options for such savings as suggested by NIH in the RFI, predicting that APC caps would shift costs onto authors rather than reducing the amount that publishers charge, and could “unintentionally […]
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OSC Guidance on Revised NIH Public Access Policy
The revised public access policy for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now in effect, covering NIH-funded articles accepted for publication after July 1, 2025. Since NIH is a significant source of grant funding for UC, this change is likely to affect many UC-affiliated authors. Visit OSC’s Guidance on the Revised NIH Public Access Policy page to learn how to comply with these policies and how UC’s open access agreements with publishers can help. This guidance features a summary of the requirements for NIH-funded authors, notes on publication costs and policy compliance, and an explanation of how the policy […]
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IOP Publishing and University of California sign open access agreement
IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the University of California (UC) today announced a new transformative open access agreement that will accelerate publishing and expand access to high-quality research in physics and related disciplines. The three-year agreement will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish open access articles in all of IOPP’s owned journals and most of its partner journals, a total of 77 titles, and will advance the university’s efforts to empower more of its authors to share their research freely with the world. “As a global leader in open access, this new agreement enables UC to […]
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BioOne and University of California Sign 5-Year Agreement to Include Subscribe to Open Pilot
Five year agreement will deliver access to UC researchers and support sustainable open access for independent nonprofit publishers This post is a joint press release issued by BioOne and the University of California. Washington, D.C. and LOCATION, June 25, 2025 — The University of California (UC) and BioOne today announced the signing of a five-year agreement to bring the flagship BioOne Complete aggregation to 9 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through 2029. Notably, this agreement includes the full term of BioOne’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot from 2026 through 2028. This extended partnership advances the mutual goals of […]
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Advancing Open Research Information at CDL
As a part of our mission to amplify the impact of the libraries, scholarship, and resources of the University of California (UC), the California Digital Library (CDL) invests heavily in creating and supporting open technologies, open access models, and open infrastructures. But like many libraries around the world, CDL also relies on proprietary systems and depends on closed sources of information. These systems often control essential data about our scholarly outputs and shape how we understand the reach and impact of UC’s research. Tools like these fall into the category of “research information systems,” a space that includes citation indices, […]
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UC Press and eScholarship Launch UC Publishing Services program
UC Press and CDL’s eScholarship program are pleased to announce the launch of UC Publishing Services (UCPUBS). Leveraging the expertise of both the Press and eScholarship Publishing, UCPUBS offers a broad range of publishing solutions aimed at supporting the traditional and open access publishing needs of editorially independent publishing programs within the University of California system. UC Publishing Services provides scalable publishing solutions and infrastructure to organized research units, departments, and other UC affiliates wishing to manage their book series and imprints, journals, and other kinds of academic content. Together, UC Press and eScholarship Publishing produce and disseminate approximately 200 […]
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California Universities and Oxford University Press Sign Landmark Open Access Agreement
This post is a press release issued by the University of California, California State University, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium, and Oxford University Press. The 10-campus University of California system (UC), 20 of 23 California State University (CSU) campuses, and 30 private academic and research institutions represented by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) have reached a comprehensive four-year transformative open access agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP). The agreement begins this month and will provide affiliated researchers with access to OUP’s world-leading journals and support for publishing their work open access. “This partnership between UC, CSU and […]
