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Konsortium der sächsischen Hochschulbibliotheken and Taylor & Francis Group sign OA Books Deal

Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) / Saxon State and University Library, Dresden

Konsortium der sächsischen Hochschulbibliotheken has signed an open access books agreement with Taylor & Francis Group for twelve months. This OA books agreement will cover a broad range of titles across all subjects covered by Routledge, CRC Press and our other imprints in the humanities, social sciences and behavioral sciences, and it will renew automatically (unless either party terminates the agreement).

Konsortium der sächsischen Hochschulbibliotheken (represented by The​ Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)) is a licensing consortium of sixteen university libraries across the Saxony region. This deal will allow eligible authors to publish books OA without having to pay a BPC (book processing charge). Consortia members will receive a 20% discount on the standard BPC. Additionally, funds will be deposited into a prepayment account, managed by T&F, removing the administrative burden on libraries.

“As we continue to grow our open access portfolio, we are thrilled to announce our first OA books agreement with this consortium. Research has found that Open Access books on average have 10 times more downloads and 2.4 times more citations than non-OA books. Taylor & Francis OA Books have been accessed by more than 200 countries across the globe. This maximizes dissemination, diversifies readership and increases opportunities for collaboration,” says Leila Moore, Open Access Books Lead at Taylor & Francis Group.

Simone Georgi, Head of Collection Development, Sächsische Landesbibliothek Staats und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) / Saxon State and University Library, Dresden, says: “We are committed to open access and open science. Research should be accessible worldwide without barriers and it shall be available for further research with free licenses for reuse, distribution and derivation. It is our goal to provide researchers with infrastructure and simple workflows to realize this goal. With this agreement we are partnering with Taylor & Francis Group to offer Saxon researchers an uncomplicated workflow for publishing books open access.”

Taylor & Francis Group is committed to open access, offering a variety of open access publishing options to meet the needs of each author, with rapid online publication and high visibility and discoverability for published research. Discover our open access titles here.

 

 

 

About Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life.  As one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, eBooks and reference works, its content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine.

From our network of offices in Oxford, New York, Philadelphia, Boca Raton, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo and New Delhi, Taylor & Francis staff provide local expertise and support to our editors, societies and authors and tailored, efficient customer service to our library colleagues.

 

About the Konsortium der sächsischen Hochschulbibliotheken (Saxony consortium)

The Saxon academic libraries began setting up structures for targeted acquisition in 1994. Aim and mission is to strengthen the position of the libraries in the market for electronic media and to pursue common perspectives. The Konsortium der sächsischen Hochschulbibliotheken has been represented by The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) since 2009.

 

Contact:

Jennifer McMillan, Director Corporate Communications, Taylor & Francis Group

Simone Georgi, Head of Collection Development, SLUB Dresden

Karolin Bove, Head of Collection Development, SLUB Dresden