Post Tagged with: "UC Libraries"
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
New Open Access Agreement between the University of California and Copernicus Publications
Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California (UC) and the open access publisher Copernicus Publications entered into a 1-year open access agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in Copernicus journals. The new agreement with Copernicus expands UC’s partnerships with native open access publishers and advances the university’s efforts to empower more of its authors to share their research freely with the world. Under the agreement, the UC Libraries will automatically cover 50% of the open access fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), for all UC corresponding authors who choose […]
-
University of California Enters Subscribe-to-Open Agreement with the American Society for Microbiology
This post is adapted from a press release issued by the American Society for Microbiology and the University of California. The University of California (UC) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) are pleased to announce a novel multi-year Subscribe to Open (S2O) agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC corresponding authors to publishing open access with ASM. Under this new agreement, authors affiliated with UC’s subscribing institutions will be able to publish an unlimited number of open access articles within ASM’s 6 primary research subscription-based journals, reducing barriers to publishing. All 10 UC campuses and […]
-
New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
We are excited to announce the launch of the Journal Open Access Look-up Tool (JOLT), a new service designed specifically for UC authors to easily determine if a journal qualifies under one of UC’s open access publishing agreements. UC’s open access agreements provide financial support to authors for the payment of open access fees. By reducing the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access, these agreements make it easier and more affordable for authors to share their scholarship freely and openly with the world. With JOLT, authors can search more than 10,000 journal titles to find […]
-
New open access agreement between the University of California and Taylor & Francis
Memorandum of understanding signed for four-year agreement that will empower more UC authors to share their scholarship openly with the world This post is a press release issued by the University of California and Taylor & Francis. The University of California (UC) and Taylor & Francis today announced a memorandum of understanding for a four-year read and publish agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish open access (OA) articles in nearly 2,500 Taylor & Francis journals. The new partnership between UC and one of the ten largest publishers of UC research advances a […]
-
UC leaders remain steadfast in advancing open scholarship and protecting the rights of scholars and readers
This article was originally published on UCnet on July 22, 2024. The University of California (UC) remains committed to protecting the rights of those who create and read academic research — not only for UC’s faculty, students, researchers and clinicians, but also for people around the world who stand to benefit from this research. In a letter sent on June 19, 2024 (PDF version of the letter), UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and UC System Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Katherine S. Newman joined the UC Academic Senate to support the UC Libraries’ negotiations with publishers to protect these […]
