New publishing agreement with eLife for investment in open access
Researchers from all of the Bibsam Consortium’s participating institutions can publish in eLife without charges for authors or institutions.
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New publishing agreement with JMIR Publications for investment in open access
Researchers from all of the Bibsam Consortium’s participating institutions can publish in journals from JMIR Publications, without charges for authors or institutions.
Costs of scholarly publishing 2023
The National Library of Sweden compiles Swedish higher education institutions’ expenditures for scholarly publishing, which includes costs for subscriptions, publishing research articles, and purchasing scholarly literature. For 2023, these expenses amounted to SEK 799 million, which represents an increase of 8.2 per cent from the previous year.
The Bibsam Consortium’s new action plan
Based on the recommendation of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) regarding charting Sweden's path beyond the transformative agreements and the national guidelines for open science, the Bibsam Consortium Steering Committee has adopted a new action plan.
National guidelines for promoting open science in Sweden
On behalf of the Swedish government, the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) has developed national guidelines for open science. The guidelines are intended to provide support and guidance to actors in Sweden who have an important role to play in the transition to open science.
New publishing agreement with PLOS for investment in open access
Researchers from all of the Bibsam Consortium’s participating institutions will be able to publish in all journals from PLOS, without charges for authors or institutions.
New publishing agreement with Frontiers for investment in open access
Researchers from all of the Bibsam Consortium’s participating institutions will be able to publish in all journals from Frontiers, without charges for authors or institutions.
Reports on public engagement in science and Open Educational Resources now published in English
The National Library of Sweden ( Kungliga biblioteket , KB) has published English versions of its reports on public engagement in science and Open Educational Resources.
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