Editors on Publicera: "Accessible and user friendly"In conjunction with the international Open Access Week, aimed at raising awareness globally of the value of open access to research results, we took the opportunity to talk to some of the editors whose academic journals are hosted on the open platform Publicera.
The National Library highlights open access during OA Week 2024Open Access Week is an annual international event aimed at raising awareness of the value of open access to research results. This year, the week runs from 21–27 October, and the theme is "Community over Commercialization".
Annual report on open access in SwedenAs part of its mandate to coordinate, monitor, and promote collaboration in the work for open access to scholarly publications, the National Library of Sweden ( Kungliga biblioteket , KB) today publishes a report highlighting the development of open access in Sweden.
Costs of scholarly publishing 2023The 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 planBased 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.
