Beyond transformative agreements
The Swedish Bibsam Consortium aims to switch from read-and-publish agreements to pure publish deals after 2024.
News from the National Library
New transformative Bibsam agreements in the ESAC registry
The Bibsam consortium has signed several new transformative agreements starting in January 2020, which have now been entered into the ESAC registry.
Publishers are urged to make content Open Access, on account of the corona virus
Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Chair of the Bibsam consortium, has now signed a statement where publishers are requested to make content accessible and available.
Evaluation of cancellation of journal agreement with Elsevier 2018
For 17 months, the Bibsam Consortium did not have an agreement with the world’s largest scholarly publisher, Elsevier. There is now a summary of the consequences for the consortium, the concerned organizations and their researchers.
New transformative agreement between the Bibsam Consortium and SPIE
The Bibsam Consortium and SPIE – the international society for optics and photonics are signing a new Read & Publish agreement for 2020-2022.
New report on internal cost reallocation models within the Bibsam consortium
Robert van der Vooren conducted a study commissioned by the National Library of Sweden about new ways of distributing publisher contract costs to Bibsam Consortium participants. The study is intended to be a basis when the Bibsam Consortium makes cost distribution future proof for full open access publishing.
New transformative agreement with Wiley increases open access to Swedish research
Bibsam and Wiley has signed a new read & publish agreement.
New transformative agreement with Elsevier enables unlimited open access to Swedish research
The Bibsam Consortium is signing a Read & Publish agreement with the scientific publisher Elsevier. This means that Swedish researchers will have access to the publisher's 2000 journals once more. In addition, all Swedish research articles will be published open access.
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