« Le RNBM souhaite émettre des recommandations suite à l’annonce de SIAM de la mise en place d’un nouveau modèle de tarification, qui a suscité plusieurs réactions de la part de bibliothèques du réseau. (…) »
« Le département des négociations documentaires du consortium Couperin apporte avec cette lettre de cadrage les éléments qui doivent guider les négociations au cours de l’année 2024 (à effet 2025). Les ressources électroniques considérées sont les revues et les livres électroniques, les bases de données et les ressources hybrides. (…) »
« Research institutions across the globe attempt to change the academic publishing system as digitization opens up new opportunities, and subscriptions to the large journal bundles of the leading publishers put library budgets under pressure. One approach is the negotiation of so-called transformative agreements. (…) »
« Sweden is far ahead when it comes to promoting open access to scholarly publications. But there is risk of getting stuck in a permanent transformation that favours large commercial publishers. A new report from the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions develops a strategy on how to work in negotiations…
« Publishers are demanding increasingly higher fees for reading scientific journals and open access publishing, even though the scientific community can’t sustain even the current costs. The expenses have risen to a level that doesn’t correspond to the benefits received from the services. (…) »
« A lot has happened in the scholarly publishing landscape since LIBER published its Five Principles for Open Access Negotiations in 2017. At the time, avoiding subscription fee price increases was the extent of many library negotiation goals, and — perhaps even more detrimental to the progress of…
« A price freeze on journal subscriptions will not be enough to avoid UK researchers losing access to key academic content, warn three major sector bodies representing academic library directors and higher education managers.
Research Libraries UK (RLUK), SCONUL, the professional association for academic and research libraries and Jisc say that…
« Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts. (…) »
« Comme annoncé lors de la journée des négociateurs du 4 février 2020, Consortia Manager devient l’outil pivot de travail pour le suivi des négociations et de recueil des données concernant les dépenses en ressources électroniques des établissements membres. (…) »
« (…) The existing transformative agreements do not include mechanisms for the definitive flipping of journals into open access and no mechanisms to limit cost increases in the long term, as demanded by the European Commission and the European University Association, for…
