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Date: 2009-01-21<br>
Contact: Ivy Anderson, director of collections, California Digital Library, University of California<br>
Phone: (510) 987-0334<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:ivy.anderson@ucop.edu">ivy.anderson@ucop.edu</a><br><br>
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<strong>OAKLAND -- </strong>The
University of California libraries and Springer Science+Business Media
(Springer) have concluded a groundbreaking experimental agreement to
support open access publishing by UC authors. The arrangement is part
of the journals license negotiated by the California Digital Library on
behalf of the 10 campuses of the University of California. <p>
Under the terms of the agreement, articles by UC-affiliated authors
accepted for publication in a Springer journal beginning in 2009 will
be published using Springer Open Choice with full and immediate open
access. There will be no separate per-article charges, since costs have
been factored into the overall license. Articles will be released under
a license compatible with the Creative Commons (by-nc: Attribution,
Non-commercial) license. In addition to access via the Springer
platform, final published articles will also be deposited in the
California Digital Library's eScholarship Repository.
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<p>The University of California-Springer agreement is the first
large-scale open access experiment of its type undertaken with a major
commercial publisher in North America.
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<p>"UC faculty members have told us that they want open access
publishing options in order to increase the impact of their published
work and eliminate barriers to educational and research use," said Ivy
Anderson, director of collections for the California Digital Library,
which licenses content on behalf of the University of California
libraries. "Just as importantly, they want these options in the
journals in which they routinely publish, without disrupting their
normal research activity. The CDL agreement with Springer supports the
transformation that our faculty seeks, while continuing the libraries'
crucial role in facilitating access to research information. Springer
is a leader among commercial publishers in open access experimentation,
making it a natural partner for the University of California in this
endeavor."
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<p>Peter Hendriks, Springer president for global publishing and
marketing, said: "This first experiment in the USA is of great
importance to us since it adds to our expertise on the effects of open
access publishing on usage, citations and impact factors. Furthermore,
the agreement allows us to continue our cooperation and close
partnership with one of the most respected university systems in the
United States." </p>
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Adds Richard Schneider, assistant professor in the Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery and director, Parnassus Molecular & Cell
Biology Lab at UC San Francisco: "Open access will support faculty
aspirations for new modes of journal publishing that facilitate the
broad dissemination of ideas and improve public access to
taxpayer-funded research. This is a critical time as new models for
scholarly communications emerge, and I am excited that the UC libraries
are at the forefront and are playing a key leadership role." </p><br>