Here the specific spendings from the University of Geneva: https://wisspub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2016-04-14-bibliotheque-unige_depenses_20160316.xlsx <https://wisspub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2016-04-14-bibliotheque-unige_depenses_20160316.xlsx>
In fact as private citizen I’m trying to get these numbers for every University in Switzerland, but it’s quite a time consuming effort, as - even after the decision in Geneva - the Universities and their libraries are unwilling to disclose this information and I have to make an appeal almost every time in order to get the numbers (and an appeal can take two years!). I’m constantly blogging about my efforts here: https://wisspub.net/2014/10/13/intransparenz-bei-den-bibliotheksausgaben-von-schweizer-hochschulen/ <https://wisspub.net/2014/10/13/intransparenz-bei-den-bibliotheksausgaben-von-schweizer-hochschulen/> At the bottom you find a table with all current decisions and currently received numbers so far (including the University of Bern and Zurich, as well as the ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne). Actually there is a wiki page from OKF about collecting this approaches: http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Access/OA_FOI <http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Access/OA_FOI> (The Numbers from Argentina will make a great addition) Given the fact, that these numbers are so essential in the current debate about the transformation to OA, it’s really a shame that we only have so little solid specific information about the current costs of the system. It’s really about time to open this black box and I really admire the work that has been done in this direction already at UK: http://doi.org/10.16995/olh.72 <http://doi.org/10.16995/olh.72> Best regards Christian Gutknecht > Am 10.05.2016 um 23:53 schrieb Jean-Claude Guédon > <[email protected]>: > > I just had a great time reading the decision of the court. > > Bravo! > > Could you share the information you finally obtained? I would love to see it, > and so would the head of libraries in my university who is presently engaged > in a wrestling match with Nature-Springer. > > For my part, allow me to point this list to the following documents: > > 1. A list of expenses by the Government of Argentina for various publishers > and several years( attached) > > 2. Something equivalent, but in the form of annual reports for Chile: > http://www.cincel.cl/content/view/90/50/ > <http://www.cincel.cl/content/view/90/50/> . > > In both of these countries, agreements with publishers are made public by law. > > Apparently, the same is true in Uruguay but I have not yet found the right > place or person to ferret out this information. > > There is a need to centralize all this information, by the way. OAD perhaps ? > > > Jean-Claude Guédon > Professeur titulaire > Littérature comparée > Université de Montréal > <jc-1.jpg> > > > Le mardi 10 mai 2016 à 23:16 +0200, Christian Gutknecht a écrit : >> Hi all >> >> >> The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has released an Open Access >> Monitoring Report 2013-2015: >> http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Monitoringbericht_Open_Access_2015_e.pdf >> >> <http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Monitoringbericht_Open_Access_2015_e.pdf> >> >> The OA status of 17'000 publications reported to be output of SNSF funded >> projects published between 2013 and 2014 an have been checked, and an OA >> share of at least 39% (or 56% if you also count freely papers on websites, >> but not repositories as green OA) was found. This validated OA ratio is much >> higher, than what authors have self declared in the grant administration >> system to be Open Access (20%). >> >> >> Also financial reports of grants have been checked for publications related >> costs. These costs have not been categorized separately in the grant >> administration system and therefore no specific data was available until >> now. The check revealed that the uptake of APCs is still quite moderate, >> despite the SNSF has started in 2013 to pay explictly APCs up to 3000 CHF >> during the grant lifetime. The check also revealed that hybrid OA articles >> were funded, although that’s not in line with the SNSF regulations. For the >> future a more rigorous control system will be established to prevent paying >> for hybrid OA. Further it was also noted, that a significant amount of costs >> were attributed to publication costs not related to Open Access, like >> overlength charges, color charges or author's contributions. These charges >> no longer appear to be appropriate and are likely to be covered on a much >> more restrictive basis in future. >> >> >> It was also announced that the SNSF together with swissuniversities (the >> association of all Swiss Universities) has commissioned a study „Financial >> flow analysis of scientific publishing in Switzerland“. The mandate was >> awarded to Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA), in collaboration >> with Professor John Houghton, Melbourne. The results are expected to be in >> by the end of the year and should lead to specific action. See: >> http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Finanzflussanalyse_e.pdf >> <http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Finanzflussanalyse_e.pdf> >> >> Additionally, a Swiss court has ruled recently, that accepted non-disclosure >> agreements in contracts with publishers can’t annul the local transparency >> law. So in the specific case, the University of Geneva had to disclose what >> they have been paying to Elsevier, Springer and Wiley. Here the decision of >> the court (in French): >> https://wisspub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2016-02-29-decision-cour-de-justice.pdf >> >> <https://wisspub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2016-02-29-decision-cour-de-justice.pdf> >> >> Best Regards >> >> >> Christian Gutknecht >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >> <http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal> > <Cotizaciones 2008-2016 distribuidos por > editor.xls>_______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
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