Leiden University. The university to discover. A national deal with Springer: an institutional view of national transition arrangements to Gold OA Kurt De Belder University Librarian Director Leiden University Libraries & Leiden University Press Berlin7 – Paris – 2-4 December 2009

Leiden University. The university to discover. UKB – Springer deal  Talks started in early 2006 (Leo Waaijers – Jan Velterop)  27 June 2007: Letter of intent UKB/Springer

Leiden University. The university to discover. Letter of intent - goals  Allow authors to gain experience with open access publishing in existing, established journals;  Allow open access media to build a solid scientific reputation;  Gain experience with 1) the economic viability of the business model whereby the publisher is paid for publication (at the point of input: pay-to-publish) rather than for access to content (at the point of output: subscriptions or access licenses); 2) the incorporation of open access in the scientific publication cycle and the consequences for all stakeholders.

Leiden University. The university to discover. Letter of intent: 4 elements  Within the framework of the existing licensing agreement with UKB, Springer undertakes to offer free and immediate world-wide access to articles which have been accepted for publication in one of Springer's journals in 2007 by corresponding authors whose main affiliation is with one of the UKB members;  Springer allows for simultaneous publication of the articles in the open access institutional repositories of UKB members (DARE);  In the course of 2007, UKB and Springer will negotiate a long-term open access agreement;  The intention of both UKB and Springer is to evaluate the arrangement, which is seen as a pilot, with all stakeholders, and to actively disseminate the outcome of the evaluation.

Leiden University. The university to discover. Some more details  UKB articles published in Springer journals (2007):  Bandwidth up to: articles, above bandwidth: extra charge per article  Bandwidth does not include articles paid for by external funders  When authors receive notice of acceptance, they can choose to exercise free Open Choice option.

Leiden University. The university to discover. UKB – Springer deal  Talks started in early 2006 (Leo Waaijers – Jan Velterop)  27 June 2007: Letter of intent UKB/Springer  Pilot prolonged for duration license agreement ( )

Leiden University. The university to discover. Success criteria: Springer  Considerably more published articles in Springer journals from UKB affiliated researchers;  Considerably more downloads from Open Choice UKB articles in comparison to non Open Choice articles in the same journals;  A significant growth in the number of citations tot Open Choice articles.

Leiden University. The university to discover. Success criteria: UKB  Changed attitude from funders vis-à-vis OA;  All stakeholders have developed more insight in the pros and cons of the present model and OA;  A financial model for the continuation of the experiment;  Delivery of management information;  During the year: monthly score total and by institution;  Notification about the publications to the respective University Library so that the articles can be added to the repository.

Leiden University. The university to discover. Results  Springer has developed a tool

Leiden University. The university to discover. Results Netherlands  2007: articles  2008: articles  2009: articles (so far) Leiden University  2007: 137 articles (9,5%)  2008: 159 articles (10,6%)  2009: 245 articles (17,2%) (so far)

Leiden University. The university to discover. Results  Springer has developed a tool  Uptake could probably be higher:  Author becomes only aware of this possibility after the article has been accepted.  University libraries have been careful promoting this  In-depth analysis still needs to be done.

Leiden University. The university to discover. Way forward  Netherlands & OA  We want to continue experiment with Springer and set up similar experiments with other publishers  Discussed as part of new big deal license

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