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Publishers Announce a Major New Service to Plug Leakage

Today, a group of leading publishers is announcing a major new service to plug leakage, improve discovery and access, fight piracy, compete with ResearchGate, and position their platform for the OA ecosystem. This new service shows that publishers are finally beginning to address digital strategy in an environment that has steadily eroded their ability to monetize the value they create. Does it go far enough to reset the competitive environment?

Elsevier CEO Kumsal Bayazit Debuts at Charleston

Elsevier’s new CEO Kumsal Bayazit’s debuted in front of a librarian audience at last week’s Charleston Conference. Analysis from Roger Schonfeld.

Roadblocks to Better Open Access Models

The conversation around open access has shifted from “should we?” to “how are we going to?” The failings of the author-pays model are becoming increasingly evident. Finding better models is proving to be both urgently necessary and extremely difficult.

So What’s the DEAL?: An Interview with Springer Nature’s Dagmar Laging

An interview with Springer Nature’s Dagmar Laging about the emerging transformative open access agreement with Germany’s Projekt DEAL.

What Do Statements of Support for California Tell Us About the Big Deal?

What do statements of support for UC reveal about open access publishing, institutional priorities, and the role of library-publisher contracts?

Guest Post: Cost per Use Overvalues Journal Subscriptions

Curtis Kendrick, Dean of Libraries at Binghamton University, raises questions about whether cost-per-use is the appropriate metric for measuring the comparative value of library subscriptions.

Will Libraries Help Publishers Prop Up the Value of the Big Deal?

The value of the big deal has declined. Will libraries drive down its price — or help publishers prop up its value?

Plan S and the Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Are We Missing the Woods?

Plan S has injected a much-needed sense of urgency to the debate about transformation to full and immediate open access, but what are we missing in our focus on the minutiae of compliance? How do we ensure that implementation ensures a more equitable system for all?

Guest Post: The Surprisingly Low Burden of Subscriptions at Institutions

Analyzing subscription expenditures at the institutional level suggests that for US institutions, subscriptions represent a very slight burden on university budgets, while delivering value to many stakeholders.

Will Transformative Agreements Unravel Library Consortia?

Will cost share allocations for transformative agreements threaten the cohesion of library consortia?

Guest Post: Evaluating Open Access in a Consortial Context

Gwen Evans, Executive Director of the OhioLink consortium suggests that there is no standard Read and Publish or Publish and Read deal that will fit all consortia, and significant negotiation and customization is needed for each arrangement.

If At First You Don’t Succeed … Make Another Response to Plan S?

cOAlition S rebuffed recommendations for continuing hybrid and supporting sister journals. Springer Nature tries again with concept of the “Transformative Publisher.” Thoughts?

The University of California and Elsevier: An Interview with Jeff MacKie-Mason

Rick Anderson interviews Jeff MacKie-Mason about the University of California system’s recent break with Elsevier.

Revisiting — Navigating the Big Deal: A Guide for Societies

In the wak of Plan S, many independent and society publishers are investigating partnerships with larger publishing houses. It’s important to understand what it means to join a publisher’s Big Deal program, and so here we revisit Michael Clarke’s post that explains the changing nature of the Big Deal and what it can mean for these partnerships.

The First Read and Publish Deal with California: An Interview with Cambridge University Press

Earlier this month, Cambridge University Press and the University of California announced a new Read & Publish (R&P) agreement, likely the largest such agreement to date in North America. Today, Roger Schonfeld interviews Cambridge’s Mandy Hill, Managing Director, and Chris Bennett, Global Sales Director, about this new agreement.

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