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Global Open Access Initiative, SCOAP3, Drives Dramatic Increase in Reach and Readership of Taylor & Francis Books

More Particle Physics Researchers Supported to Publish OA as Taylor & Francis Confirms Continued Participation in SCOAP3 for Books

Last year, more people in more places read a range of Taylor & Francis high-energy physics books thanks to an innovative crowd-funded open access (OA) initiative. Taylor & Francis has confirmed it will continue to be part of SCOAP3 for Books, as the scheme moves from its pilot phase to an ongoing program of making new eBook releases available to everyone.

The pilot phase of SCOAP3 for Books has demonstrated the power of open access to help authors boost the readership and reach of their books. The average annual usage of the 19 Taylor & Francis titles in the pilot leapt by over 3,000% for 2021 and 2022, compared with the usage in the three years before they were converted to OA. Open access also made these titles available in regions where library budgets are limited, resulting in a five-fold increase in the average number of countries accessing the content.

Based at CERN, SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) is a partnership of over three thousand libraries, funding agencies and research centers which supports researchers in high-energy physics to make their work OA.

Sunil Nair, Editorial Director – Science and Medicine Books at Taylor & Francis, said: “SCOAP3 for Books is already making a remarkable difference to the reach of particle physics research, an important field of study that’s helping us better understand our universe and provide practical applications in medicine, computing and industry. That’s why we’re delighted to continue our partnership with SCOAP3, as the pilot develops into a fully-fledged OA initiative. We’re also grateful to all the members of SCOAP3, whose support for open access makes the latest eBooks available to anyone without restriction and helps knowledge makers maximize the impact of their research.”

Dr. Kamran Naim, Head of Open Science at CERN, added: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Taylor & Francis to make important scholarly textbooks and monographs open access through the SCOAP3 for Books initiative. The impact on readership for books (13-fold increase in downloads for books in the pilot) has been remarkable, proving the demand for quality scholarship across the globe. The SCOAP3 for Books consortium looks forward to continuing this partnership to support the needs of students, researchers and educators worldwide”.

Having proved the positive impact of its open access funding, SCOAP3 for Books will now prioritize making frontlist titles OA, rather than converting existing eBooks. Monographs and textbooks selected by SCOAP3 will be made open access at no cost to their authors. SCOAP3 aims to complete the selection process and inform publishers of the titles that can receive OA funding by the end of August, 2023.

Taylor & Francis has one of the largest open access books programs, which enables authors and their funders to publish open access single- or co-authored books, edited collections and individual chapters. Upon publication, OA titles and chapters are made available in digital format to read and download freely under a Creative Commons license. Responding to feedback from institutions, funders and knowledge makers, the range of innovative Taylor & Francis OA book publishing options continues to evolve, offering choice, sustainability, impact and value.

Wiley Extends Partnership with Perlego to Offer Students Access to Digital Books

Wiley has extended its partnership with online library Perlego to offer higher education students around the world access to digital books. The partnership, which began in 2019, will extend for four years, through February 2027.

Through the extended partnership, Perlego will provide students with access to a full range of Wiley digital titles on its platform. The collection focuses largely on textbooks but also includes Wiley trade and professional book titles.

By purchasing a subscription to Perlego, students obtain unlimited access to more than one million ebooks from Wiley and other publishers. The company’s service is available in 175 countries around the world.

“We are very excited about the opportunities this deal offers to provide students with an affordable and flexible way to access Wiley eBooks to support their learning needs,” said Matthew Mermagen, Wiley vice president of market operations. “The Perlego platform adds to the options for using digital titles, complementing our other efforts and channels to provide greater access to Wiley’s catalogue.”

“From early experimentation with digital subscription to testing our unlimited access model, Wiley has been an important partner in helping to shape Perlego’s innovative all-you-can-read offering,” said Sue Hodgson, VP Content at Perlego. “With today’s announcement, we are thrilled to grow our longstanding partnership with Wiley and offer students around the world unparalleled access to their leading catalogue in one simple platform. This partnership will help us reach new readers across North America, DACh and Australia and offer students a convenient alternative to piracy.”

Clarivate Publishes Sustainability Report for 2022 

Clarivate Plc , a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, today published its third annual sustainability report. The report demonstrates how Clarivate™ is advancing in the areas of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG), especially towards the United Nations Sustainability Goals in partnership with its customers.  

In 2022, Clarivate made notable progress by reaching the 90th percentile in the S&P Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) for the Professional Services industry, increasing its score from 11 to 56 within just two years. For 2023, Clarivate has set ambitious goals to increase its S&P CSA score from 56 to 62, set a science-based target by the end of 2024 and become net-zero for all known and measurable emissions before the end of 2040.  

Jonathan Gear, CEO said: “Sustainability is at the heart of our business goals and we are making it fundamental to decision making across the company. We have created an interconnected, shared purpose and a strong operating philosophy that guides the actions of our leadership and colleagues around the globe.  

“This report shows how far we have progressed, from improving our own performance to helping our customers find a strategic way to achieve their own sustainability goals. We aim to build a lasting legacy by supporting the world’s explorers, researchers and innovators to help people and our planet for years to come.” 

Some of the key findings in the 2022 report include: 

  • 46% of Clarivate revenue is aligned with UN SDGs  
  • 55% of companies ranked in Dow Jones Sustainability Index World Index 2022 work in partnership with Clarivate 
  • Clarivate supports 81m+ patients through chronic diseases by improving understanding of their medicines   
  • 130m+ students use Clarivate solutions to enhance their learning and research experience   
  • 7.4m+ citations in the Web of Science™ are related to SDG research areas  
  • Clarivate supported 80+ health technology assessments over the last three years, expediting the approval of life-changing drugs  
  • 2.7m+ inventions in the Derwent World Patent IndexTM relate to green energy technologies  
  • 26k+ public and academic libraries rely on our solutions to deliver quality education  
  • 48/50 of the top R&D companies work with us to accelerate innovation  

Clarivate continues to provide 40 hours of paid volunteer time off for all colleagues to make a positive impact in their communities, and in 2022 Clarivate colleagues volunteered more than 25,000 hours around the world.   

Liliana Hinderman, Vice President, Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer said: “We are encouraged and proud of the progress we have made to map our products and solutions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and we are focused on making these part our culture, aligning our mission and strategy to continue growing our global impact on SDGs worldwide. To keep us on track and demonstrate our commitment to ESG, we have set ambitious targets for our business in 2023 and beyond.”  

The report outlines significant progress towards quantifying contributions and mapping solutions to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through a ‘materiality mapping’ exercise. This initiative provides a clear view of the current state of sustainability efforts at Clarivate, including specific case studies and customer stories. It identifies four key focus areas where the company makes the biggest impact today – SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 4: Quality education, SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, and SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production. 

Read the full report here. 

New Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the JULAC Consortium, Hong Kong

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce a new Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) Consortium for 2023.

Corresponding authors at participating JULAC institutions in Hong Kong can publish an uncapped number of research articles immediately Open Access (OA) in our hybrid journals (Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology) plus our fully Open Access journals (Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open) without paying an article processing charge (APC). Researchers at participating institutions also benefit from unlimited access to our hybrid journals, including their full archives dating back to 1853.

Flora Ng, JULAC Chair and CIO/University Librarian, The University of Hong Kong, says:

“As stated in the JULAC’s Position Statement on Open Scholarship, JULAC is committed to enabling Open Access (OA) to research publications. This agreement with The Company of Biologists is an example of the tangible support that libraries can provide to their institution’s researchers in making their work Open Access.”

Sarah Logan, Regional Sales Manager at The Company of Biologists, says:

“We are very excited about our new partnership with the JULAC Consortium. This partnership will allow us to consolidate our approach and strengthen relationships with libraries in Hong Kong. Within the JULAC group we are seeing the transition of several established subscribers to new Read & Publish agreements supporting Open Access publishing. Five JULAC members have now signed up to the consortium agreement.”

Claire Moulton, Publisher at The Company of Biologists, says:

“As a not-for-profit publisher dedicated to supporting the biological community worldwide, we have a long-standing commitment to Open Access publishing. Our journals were the first in the world to be awarded Transformative Journal status by Plan S and the success of our Read & Publish initiative has already driven a significant increase in Open Access research content in our hybrid journals. We welcome our new Read & Publish agreement with the JULAC Consortium and look forward to working together to promote the growth of Open Access publishing in the biological and biomedical sciences in Hong Kong.”

Semantic interoperability throughout the entire medicinal product lifecycle with IDMP Ontology.

Semantic interoperability throughout the entire medicinal product lifecycle with IDMP Ontology. To be presented by Sheila Elz, Master Data Manager at Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals at ConTech Pharma in just three weeks’ time

The IDMP Ontology is a cross-industry collaborative implementation of a globally standardized product data model for pharma. It has grown from the original four to eleven pharma companies, and includes service partners for project management, ontology development, and a collaborative ontology development environment, under the umbrella of the Pistoia Alliance.

This is just one of the important insights in our programme. The ConTech Pharma team have assembleda group of outstanding thought leaders working on the frontline where AI, data science and other technologies are impacting Pharma and digital healthcare.

Dealing with these core themes

  • A virtuous circle – from real world data – via pre-clinical data – to analytics – and back to treatments in the clinic (including manufacturing)
  • Aligning the semantics across clinical and pre-clinical applications
  • IDMP – Standards – knowledge sharing ahead of standards coming into operation.

ConTech Pharma 8th June is a 1-day hybrid event, taking place both online and at the London Heathrow Marriott, London Heathrow, UK.

Come and hear how the world’s best minds in data science, digital healthcare and precision drug development are thinking about these changes and taking effective action.

Sign up today – go to https://www.contech.live/contech-pharma-2023 and learn more and book.

With thanks to Elsevier –Main conference partner and Morressier, Gold sponsor

There are so many ways to become part of the ConTech community. Visit our website tofind out more about all of our events https://www.contech.live/

Innovative new open access agreement signed between PALCI and ACS Publications

PALCI (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation) and ACS Publications are excited to announce the signing of a new open access agreement that provides participating members with full financial support for open access publication in all ACS journals, as well as complete access to ACS Publications’ journal content through the end of 2025.

Building on previous agreements with individual members of the consortium, this new agreement is one of the first to employ a new approach that leverages the strengths of various institutions to enable full open access publishing and subscription access for participating members. This enables open access publication support for authors while maintaining – and, in some cases, expanding – access to current and historical subscription content from ACS’ full range of journals.

“PALCI prioritizes working with publishers where we can find mutual benefits for the consortium, our libraries, and the publisher, creating high value and impact through innovative approaches and new models for collaboration. ACS came to PALCI with a new approach to the read-and-publish model that was well-tailored to our diverse group of libraries, allowing for significantly increased transparency and shared risk in a highly volatile scholarly ecosystem,” says Alison Bradley, Director of Strategic Initiatives for the PALCI consortium.

With individual commitments from some of the consortium’s high-publishing institutions, including Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and the University of Pittsburgh, authors at 51 participating member institutions – representing thousands of researchers and over 300,000 students – can now publish their research under open access CC-BY licenses in any ACS journal with no publishing fees. Additionally, members of the consortium who previously only subscribed to a limited selection of ACS content now have access to the full breadth of the Association’s journal publications portfolio in the ACS “All Publications Package”.

“The PALCI agreement with ACS provides a viable model for equitable and sustainable OA and we at the University of Pittsburgh Library System, are thrilled to be part of it,” said Dr. Kornelia Tancheva, the Hillman University Librarian and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Library System.

“Building upon our previous transformative agreements for Carnegie Mellon, this partnership with a leading publisher of research in the chemical sciences and engineering is particularly impactful. The most dynamic and promising research with the greatest potential impact for the future of humanity requires an “all hands on deck” approach. Thanks to PALCI and ACS Publications, the future of research looks more inclusive,” said Keith Webster, the Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University.

“We are happy that PALCI, ACS, and PALCI members have come to an arrangement that includes read and publish rights for member libraries, large and small. This consortial transformative agreement brings us closer to a reality in which libraries and publishers can support access and publication for all,” said Kristina Rose, Associate Dean for Collections & Content Strategy at NYU Libraries.

This unique agreement signifies a substantial advance toward the realization of ACS’ core goals of being a provider of indispensable information and promoting diversity in the sciences by extending publishing support to a wide variety of institutions.

Practical information on the agreement for researchers at participating PALCI institutions can be found here.

PeerJ announces a new, non-APC Open Access model, and their first institutional partner

PeerJ has announced a new Open Access model and their first institutional partner. The award-winning publisher intends to move towards collective action for globally equitable Open Access, and their first step to this goal is a new model for institutional partners – Annual Institutional Memberships (AIMs). AIMs remove payment barriers to Open Access for authors, reduces the administration of Open Access payments, and guarantees value for partners. The University of Bath is PeerJ’s first partner in this new program, which will provide unlimited publishing for Bath’s faculty for a flat fee. 

“When PeerJ launched we wanted to leave the APC (Article Processing Charge) behind, and now we consolidate those ambitions by launching Annual Institutional Memberships (AIMs),” said Jason Hoyt, PeerJ Founder and CEO. “A decade ago we did not believe that the use of APCs to fund Open Access was sustainable, and the inflation of those charges today shows they are also far from equitable. The introduction of AIMs is an important step as we move closer to our ultimate goal of collective action to support globally equitable OA where no author will have to pay an APC to publish.”

“The University of Bath is happy to continue our partnership with PeerJ as an early subscriber to this new simplified model of open access funding,” said Catherine Borwick, Scholarly Communications Librarian at The Library, University of Bath. 

“We are delighted to launch this new model with the University of Bath, who are one of our earliest institutional partners and have championed our alternatives to the APC since 2014. By removing payment barriers in authors’ decisions to publish OA, and simplifying the process for both faculty and library staff, we hope to see the University’s research community take advantage of unlimited publishing across our portfolio,” said Nathaniel Gore, PeerJ’s Director of Communities.

A PeerJ Annual Institutional Membership (AIM) provides unlimited, frictionless OA publishing for institutional partners and their faculty. Simple to manage, easy to purchase and providing great cost saving opportunities, researchers will never have to worry about having to pay an APC, and librarians can say goodbye to the administrative overhead of dealing with payments on an article by article basis.

AIMs pricing is tiered and based on an institution’s publishing history in PeerJ’s journal portfolio. When a partner’s renewal is calculated, if the equivalent APC cost would have been less than the Membership fee, they can choose to carry over the difference towards their Membership renewal, or contribute to PeerJ’s Global Publishing Fund, which supports authors without the means to publish OA. AIMs simplify OA and are an important step towards a non-APC future of globally equitable access to read and publish open science.

Institutions who are interested in AIMs should contact PeerJ (business@peerj.com).

IOP Publishing and SANLiC partner to minimise OA publishing barriers in South Africa  

South African researchers to benefit from IOP Publishing OA agreement for the first time.

IOP Publishing, and the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) have finalised a three-year transformative agreement as they work towards breaking down open access (OA) publishing barriers for researchers in the global south. The agreement, which is IOP Publishing’s first in South Africa, enables researchers at participating member institutions to publish their research openly with no costs at the point of submission. The agreement also provides reading access to IOP Publishing’s entire journal portfolio and most of its partner journals.  

Julian Wilson, Chief Sales Officer at IOP Publishing said: “SANLiC share our commitment to opening up research and addressing inequalities in publishing. Our partnership will simplify OA publishing, ensure that cost is not a barrier and enhance the sharing of African scholarly output with the global scientific community. A sector-wide shift towards OA has truly begun in Europe, the US, Asia and Africa where agreements such as this are helping to drive the transition.”  

Transformative agreements stimulate uptake in OA publishing by making it the default choice when articles are submitted. Broader access to research is key to accelerating scientific discovery: IOP Publishing data shows that content published OA is downloaded 80% more than paywalled content and cited 30% more, demonstrating the substantial benefits to publishing OA. 

This agreement adds to IOP Publishing’s rapidly expanding portfolio of ‘read and publish’ agreements which now consists of more than 900 institutions in 33 countries.   

Medieval Institute Publications and De Gruyter extend partnership

Academic publishing house De Gruyter and Medieval Institute Publications (MIP) are extending their existing partnership. Moving forward, De Gruyter will distribute eBook versions of MIP’s entire backlist of over 150 titles and 9 book series via degruyter.com as part of their publisher partner program.

The digitization of all titles is currently being finalized and the complete eBook collection is expected to be available for libraries and individual customers around the world on degruyter.com by the end of 2023.

De Gruyter and MIP have been cooperating closely in editorial and production to develop MIP’s and De Gruyter’s medieval studies portfolio further since 2018. Under the existing partnership, MIP and De Gruyter have co-published a total of 87 books exploring what it means to be human through literature and literary culture, lived experience, art, music and drama in late antiquity, medieval and early modern literature. The partnership builds on both publishers’ excellent global reputations and existing programs in Medieval Studies and has allowed MIP and De Gruyter to develop new areas of publication and reach a new readership.

MIP joins publisher partners such as University of Toronto Press, Amsterdam University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, and others in De Gruyter’s Publisher Partner Program, which started in 2012 and has since then expanded globally to include over 20 partners. De Gruyter distributes complete eBook collections for their partners via degruyter.com and has made thousands of previously out-of-print titles available again by digitizing them.

In its 45-year history, Medieval Institute Publications (MIP) has made its mission to publish books and journals that delve into the mysteries of the medieval era, seeking answers to some of the most intriguing questions of our time.

“We are excited to enhance what is already a highly successful partnership by welcoming MIP to the University Press Library. We will continue to acquire and publish exciting new research in close cooperation with MIP to curate a preeminent Medieval Studies program that is discoverable and visible to scholars around the world,” said Manuela Gerlof, Vice President Publishing, Humanities & Social Sciences at De Gruyter.

“Medieval Institute Publications is thrilled to enter into this new level of partnership with De Gruyter, a relationship which we have found to be incredibly fruitful thus far, and digitizing our backlist will not only expand the global reach of our program, but will also bring our titles to new readers and a new audience. We look forward to seeing where this expansion of our partnership leads,” said Theresa Whitaker, Editor-in-Chief, Medieval Institute Publications.

Research integrity recognized as major problem but new report falls short

Digital Science welcomes the UK Parliament Select Committee report on research integrity as an important step towards greater transparency and accountability on research quality.

However, the technology company argues that such action is long overdue, and doesn’t go far enough by leaving the role that research infrastructure providers can play unexamined. It means the research community could miss out on the crucial support those providers offer in the shape of quantitative evidence.

Dr Leslie McIntosh, Vice President of Research Integrity at Digital Science, says: “We welcome the parliamentary committee’s work on the major research reproducibility issues facing the entire community – not just in the UK, but globally – and to set best practice expectations around responsible, reproducible, and transparent research.

“However, as leaders in the research integrity space, with many decades of experience in championing and supporting open, transparent and reproducible research, we believe the report can and should go further.

“Critically, if the report has a limitation, it leaves the role of some parts of the research community – including the roles of research infrastructure and service providers – unexamined. By examining this broader complexity – including, research infrastructure, institutions and service providers – we can see that solutions to future problems will arise. We genuinely need a holistic approach to these issues. With this in mind, it is timely to reflect on Digital Science’s role in supporting research integrity and reproducibility,” Dr McIntosh says.

The report goes on to put the onus on the system and not researchers or other actors for the failings in research processes, pointing to systemic barriers that prevent best practice. At the core of the report’s 28 individual recommendations to solve these issues is the sentiment that “the research community, including research institutions and publishers, should work alongside individuals to create an environment where research integrity and reproducibility are championed”. (p28).

“This foundational piece – Research Reproducibility – upholds the integrity scholarship. As funders influence the direction of the research ecosystem, the UK report rightly brings reproducibility to the forefront of research, strengthening one vital pillar of trust in science,” Dr McIntosh says.

A more detailed response from Digital Science to the report can be found in this TL;DR blog post from Vice President of Research Futures Simon Porter: Reproducibility and Research Integrity top UK research agenda.

Digital Science has a range of research tools that enable best practice in research quality and integrity, such as the figsharedata repository and the new Dimensions Research Integrity product, which uses the methodology and algorithms developed by Digital Science company Ripeta to examine published papers and identify the hallmarks of responsible science – called ‘Trust Markers’. This step forward has created the world’s largest research integrity dataset by applying the processes to over 33 million publications since 2011, resulting in over 200 million trust marker data points which allow researchers to look at the development over time of the portfolios of research organizations, publishers and funders.

Dimensions Research Integrity is one of the first global datasets on Research Integrity practice to be made available – to see what it looks like and learn more about shifts in the structuring of research papers, more details can be found in the blog poston Digital Science’s new TL;DR website. 

ResearchGate and Sage announce partnership

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and Sage, a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, have today announced a partnership that sees 47,000 articles from 48 of Sage’s open access journals being syndicated directly to ResearchGate.

Authors of the articles will see their content added automatically to their publication pages on ResearchGate, giving them access to statistics showing the impact of their work, and enabling them to connect with their readers, with the scope of the agreement encompassing all frontlist and backlist content from the included journals. The motivation for the partnership stems from Sage’s role as a long-term advocate of open science and ResearchGate’s aim to make science open to all.

Additionally, as part of the partnership, a subset of Sage journals will benefit from an enhanced presence on ResearchGate through its new Journal Home offering. As part of this offering, dedicated journal profiles will be created and made accessible on the network, and each journal will be prominently represented on all of its associated article pages on ResearchGate. This integration will increase the visibility of each journal with its relevant audience on an ongoing basis, and will provide researchers with the ability to learn more about each journal, its scope, and the community around it, as well as understand its metrics and publishing policies – ultimately driving journal readership, awareness, and consideration among a relevant audience.

Sage is committed to increasing the accessibility of scientific research so that it has the best chance of creating real-world impact. As an independent company, the company is free to experiment with new paths to sustainable and user-friendly research access.

“Sage has been a champion of open access for many years, so it’s great to be working with them to help increase the reach and impact of their publications among a relevant audience on ResearchGate. Given the breadth of Sage’s portfolio, this partnership is a win for scientists and researchers from a variety of fields, and we look forward to seeing where it takes us,” said Sören Hofmayer, Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate.

“We’re always looking for ways to expand the reach of our open access resources and help researchers access content within their existing workflows and at their point of need,” said Helen Duce, Head of Product, Research at Sage. “This partnership with ResearchGate offers us a great opportunity to do that. We’re looking forward to understanding more about how researchers engage with and use our open access content in ResearchGate and seeing where this partnership takes us.”

Knowledge Unlatched celebrates 10 years of Open Access publishing and announces 2023 pledging round

Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), celebrates a significant milestone as it marks ten years of OA publishing in 2023. To commemorate this achievement, KU is thrilled to announce the launch of its tenth round of funding, which has to date supported the publication of over 4,000 scholarly books and 50 journals in a range of humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Knowledge Unlatched is part of Wiley Partner Solutions.

During the past decade, KU has collaborated with libraries worldwide to unlatch peer-reviewed OA monographs, journals, and other scholarly content. This accomplishment has led to noteworthy enhancements to its flagship HSS collection, KU Select, in 2023.

While KU continues its thematic approach to pledging which allows libraries to support collections focused on specific subjects—such as gender and sexuality studies, anthropology, linguistics, and pedagogy, among many others—KU’s multi-disciplinary collection, KU Select, is now fully aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It comprises seven collections focused around specific SDGs, including No Poverty (SDG 1), Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (SDG 16). This strategic alignment allows libraries to invest in highly sought-after OA scholarly content directly impacting society and the planet.

“This is a special year, as we are not only celebrating our tenth anniversary but are using this opportunity to introduce some sensible changes to our main collection,” says Dr. Sven Fund, Wiley Senior Director. “By aligning KU Select with the Sustainable Development Goals, we are aligning our mission with the United Nations’ mission, striving to create a more equitable and fair society.”

KU’s wide-ranging subject collections serve as a testament to continued partnerships with established publishers, including, among others, Routledge, Berghahn, EDP Sciences, HAU Books, IWAP, Luminos by the University of California Press, Language Science Press, transcript, and wbv Media. These partnerships reinforce Wiley’s commitment to helping libraries fund high-quality and relevant scholarly content each year.

Libraries interested in supporting this year’s OA offerings can pledge their support until November 2023.

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