Through close dialogue with editors, publishers, and research funders, the pilot project aims to gather insights into Swedish scholarly journals that use the diamond open access model.
The National Library of Sweden celebrates International Open Access Week with a webinar on 22 October, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, about the costs and funding of diamond open access. The theme of International Open Access Week 2026 is t he Cost of Knowledge .
The National Library of Sweden ( Kungliga biblioteket , KB) has published this year’s annual report on the development of open access to scholarly publications in Sweden. Collecting and reporting on the statistics is part of KB’s mandate to coordinate, monitor and promote collaboration in this area.
Starting this spring, Sweden’s national library catalogue Libris features a new, modern interface. The search service is now built on linked data, making it easier to discover and explore materials. This transition also positions Libris internationally at the technological forefront.
The National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) compiles Swedish higher education institutions’ expenditures for scholarly publishing – that is, costs for subscriptions, publishing research articles, and purchasing scholarly literature. For 2025, these costs amounted to SEK 819 million, an increase of just approximately 1,6 per cent from the previous year.
Sweden is poised to act as an international hub for research on banned literature – a place where researchers can expect reliable information about bans and censorship around the world. This in a statement issued by the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) in a new report to the government proposing augmented resources for a number of already successful initiatives.
As part of its mission to coordinate, monitor, and promote collaboration in the national work for open access to scholarly publications, the National Library of Sweden ( Kungliga biblioteket , KB) has now published its annual report on the development of open access in Sweden.
The National Library of Sweden ( Kungliga biblioteket , KB) compiles Swedish higher education institutions’ expenditures for scholarly publishing – that is, costs for subscriptions, publishing research articles, and purchasing scholarly literature. For 2024, these costs amounted to SEK 806 million, an increase of just under 1 per cent from the previous year.
