Surgery & Case Studies: Open Access Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for academic libraries to advance open access (OA) to scholarly articles. Awareness among faculty on the importance of OA has increased significantly during the pandemic, as colleges and universities struggle financially and seek sustainable access to high-quality scholarly journals. Consortia have played an important role in establishing negotiation principles on OA journal agreements. While the number of OA agreements is increasing, case studies involving individual libraries are still limited. This paper reviews existing literature on publisher negotiation principles related to OA journal negotiations and reflects on recent cases at an academic library in Pennsylvania, in order to identify best practices in OA journal negotiations. It provides recommendations on roles, relationships, and processes, as well as essential terms of OA journal agreements. This study’s findings are most relevant to large academic libraries that are interested in negotiating with scholarly journal publishers independently or through consortia.

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Digital Citizenship and Activism: Questions of Power and Participation Online

JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government ◽

10.29379/jedem.v4i1.113 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. i-iv ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Maria Bakardjieva ◽

Jakob Svensson ◽

Marko Skoric

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Case Studies ◽

Open Access Journal ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Open Government ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

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The eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM) is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal (ISSN: 2075-9517) published twice a year. It addresses theory and practice in the areas of eDemocracy and Open Government as well as eGovernment, eParticipation, and eSociety. JeDEM publishes ongoing and completed research, case studies and project descriptions that are selected after a rigorous blind review by experts in the field.

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