Update on Open Access Discounts for UCalgary authors

• Elsevier. University of Calgary-affiliated authors are eligible for a 20% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for both hybrid and gold open access journals starting January 2021 (i.e., articles submitted on or after January 1, 2021). Cell Press, Lancet and some other society-owned journals are excluded.

• SAGE. We are participating in two Open Access programs with SAGE:
• A "read and publish" deal with most "hybrid" open access journals (called SAGE Choice Journals) for the period 2021 to 2023. This allows University of Calgary authors publishing in all but 12 SAGE hybrid open access journals to publish papers open access at no cost to the individual.
• A 40% discount on article publishing charges for select "gold" open access journals.
• Taylor & Francis. 25% discount in T&F Open Select journals.

More details on these deals, including information on how to claim discounts, which journals are included/excluded, contact information, and more are available on the library's Scholarly Communication Guide, OA Publishing Discounts page.

Also new on the page is a helpful visual guide from SAGE on navigating their OA portal.

Access to free RSC content

Starting January 5, RSC will open up some of their content to the public. For information on exactly what content, see:
http://blogs.rsc.org/rscpublishing/2011/12/19/freeaccessupdates

Open Access Week Oct. 18-22

Join Libraries and Cultural Resources for Open Access Week
October 18-22, 2010

The library will have talks and displays addressing open access. The schedule is available at:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/-faculty/open-access/open-access-week-2010
... including guest speaker Jean-Claude Guidon from Université de Montréal

What is Open Access? See 10 Key Things About Open Access and Open Access Week:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/news/news/10-key-things-about-open-access-and-open-access-week

Open Access Week - October 19-23

http://www.openaccessweek.org/about-the-week/

The University of Calgary is a leader in Open Access movement. It was the first in North America to establish the Open Access Authors fund; it has an institutional repository, open digitization sites with primary source materials, a University Press that provides a full range of publishing options, and the Synergies project which assists social sciences and humanities journal to go online.

As an introduction to Open Access week
Andrew Waller (Serials Librarian) will review the current state of Open Access
Oct. 15, 2009
Information Commons Classroom B, MacKimmie Library
9-10 or 10-11 am
All are welcome

What are the real opportunities of Open Access?
Join Libraries and Cultural Resources for this presentation:
October 23, 2009
2pm
Cassio Rooms A+B
MacEwan Student Centre