EUA Big Deals Survey Report: The First Mapping of Major Scientific Publishing Contracts in Europe

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EUA Big Deals Survey Report: The First Mapping of Major Scientific Publishing Contracts in Europe.

This report has been prepared by Rita Morais, Julian Bauer and Lidia Borrell-Damián. 

"Introduction

 

 

Open science, in particular open access to research publications, is a multifaceted area evolving at high speed. It is changing how science is used and disseminated as well as daily scienti c practices. Open science also promises greater ef ciency and transparency for public research investments and research results. Alongside governments, policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders including research funders, universities across Europe are piloting this transformation and taking an increasingly active role in shaping open access policies at European, national and regional levels.

This development is re ected in a series of measures undertaken by the European University Association (EUA) in recent years. In 2015, it established the Expert Group on Science 2.0/ Open Science to help members make the transition towards open access. In February 2016, this expert group published a Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications, which called for improved systems of scholarly communication and publishing business models. The document also established a practical platform for dialogue and sharing good practices in large contract negotiations with major scienti c publishers (big deals). Subsequently, the EUA High-Level Group on Big Deals was formed and advised EUA to start gathering data on the European big deal landscape from a university perspective through a dedicated survey in spring 2016.

In June 2017, the Expert Group and High-Level Group further speci ed their vision for an open publishing system that implements full open access by 2020 along the lines of the Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science. The document called for more cost transparency in the scienti c publishing market. This report is an important step towards this goal. It collects national data across Europe that could support the development of large-scale national or international initiatives to ensure a publishing system that is fair and transparent for all stakeholders, speci cally universities and university researchers who are simultaneously the content providers and peer-reviewers of research publications. The report also aims to identify opportunities for universities to improve the conditions of framework contracts with large scienti c publishing companies.

The data in this report was anonymised and aggregated in line with the strict survey con dentiality policy. As data was collected between July 2016 and June 2017, the results have already informed EUA activities on open science and are re ected in key policy recommendations to EU institutions and national governments (October 2017). Where relevant, they will also inform EUA positions on open science throughout 2018.

EUA will continue to gather data about the European big deal landscape through a second survey, to support members in their negotiations with major scienti c publishers and in making the transition towards an ef cient, fair, transparent and sustainable open access system by 2020."

 

Link:

http://www.eua.be/Libraries/publications-homepage-list/eua-big-deals-survey-report---the-first-mapping-of-major-scientific-publishing-contracts-in-europe

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Date tagged:

04/12/2018, 17:41

Date published:

04/12/2018, 13:42