Libraries Signs 3 New Read and Publish Agreements
recently signed three new “read and publish” open access agreements with publishers Taylor & Francis, Elsevier and De Gruyter. These newest agreements impact researchers across numerous disciplines, especially those in the humanities and social sciences.
The Libraries now offer fifteen read and publish agreements, which expand the reach of researchers鈥 scholarly contributions by enabling all University-affiliated authors to publish their work open access at no charge to the authors. Open access allows for anyone to use these scholarly works, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions for further use, thereby exponentially increasing the reach and impact of the University authors鈥 works.
- the agreement with Taylor & Francis enables University-affiliated authors to publish their work open in hybrid and fully open access journals, including Routledge titles;
- the agreement with Elsevier allows University-affiliated authors to publish openly in all eligible Core Hybrid journals;
- the agreement with De Gruyter allows University-affiliated authors to publish openly in hybrid, gold open access and subscribe to open titles.
鈥淭he expanded disciplinary coverage of these agreements ensures that cutting-edge research across the humanities, sciences and social sciences reaches a global audience, bolstering 网爆门 Libraries’ commitment to advancing open scholarship and maximizing the global impact of scholarship produced at SU,鈥 said Dylan Mohr, open scholarship librarian.
More information and instructions on how authors can take advantage of these agreements can be found in the .
