An Open Access Publishing Milestone in the Netherlands (10,000th Open Access Article Published)
From OpenAccess.nl:
At the end of 2014, open access publishing in the Netherlands entered a new phase with the achievement of an open access component in the existing agreement (Big Deal) between the Dutch universities and Springer. The Springer agreement was also implemented in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Sweden.
In the Netherlands, the model was followed by a growing number of agreements with currently 14 large and medium-sized publishers. The number of journals per publisher vary considerably, but overall the journals with an open access discount from which authors can choose, usually the 100% discount, rose in 2017 to over 8,000 titles. The agreements, and related workflows and communication, are a joint result of SURF market, VSNU and Dutch universities.
While Springer demonstrated a high degree of commitment and offered a high-quality workflow for authors to choose for open access, some other publishers had more difficulty in putting the agreement into practice. With ups and downs, the workflow and communication to authors were better arranged during the past period.
All of this has resulted in a number of open access articles with these publishers reaching the 10,000 milestone in the first week of October 2017.
Because of better information about the agreements to the authors via the open access national platform www.openaccess.nl and an index of available titles in the newly launched Journal Browser, the uptake will increase in the coming years.
More From a VSNU Announcement:
This autumn, new negotiations are due to start between the Dutch universities and various publishers to further promote open access. The VSNU hopes to secure the transition to open access without Dutch academics having to pay double to view articles. As Jaap Winter, chief negotiator for the VSNU and president of the Executive Board of VU Amsterdam, says: “Ten thousand articles is a wonderful achievement and shows that open access is becoming the new standard for the publication industry. The Dutch universities want to see an increase in the number of open access publications as soon as possible and also want to remain front runners in free access to academic articles.”
Agreements about subscription fees for academic journals are made with academic publishers on behalf of all of the Dutch universities. The VSNU is currently negotiating with the eight biggest publishers on their behalf. Universities only want to renew these contracts if the publishers agree to take a substantial step towards furthering open access.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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