UT System joins Texas Library Coalition to improve access to scientific journals | University of Texas System

peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-09-17

Summary:

"The University of Texas System has joined the Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA) to rethink how university libraries collectively can improve access to faculty research and to push for changes to the costly subscription models offered by publishers of academic journals.

A total of 41 institutions in Texas have now joined the Coalition – including the 14 UT institutions – making it the largest and most diverse consortia of its kind and giving it significant negotiating power.

Beyond the high cost of subscriptions, which is becoming unsustainable for many academic institutions, the Coalition is advocating for increased author control of their own scholarship and for university libraries to increase the accessibility of scholarship produced by their own faculty members...."

Link:

https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2020/09/16/ut-system-joins-texas-library-coalition-improve-access-scientific-journals

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Tags:

oa.new oa.u.texas oa.usa oa.usa.tx oa.gold oa.libraries oa.advocacy oa.journals

Date tagged:

09/17/2020, 11:07

Date published:

09/17/2020, 07:07