Publisher drops plan to charge extra for old papers after outcry

Publisher?Taylor & Francis has dropped plans to charge extra for access to older research papers online, after more than 110 universities signed a letter of protest.

The latest renewal of UK universities�� deal with Taylor & Francis, which was agreed in principle at 바카라사이트 end of January but is yet to be signed, for 바카라사이트 first time covered papers published only in 바카라사이트 past 20 years. Papers published in a one-year window between 1997 �C seen as 바카라사이트 year that 바카라사이트 digital academic publishing era began �C and 1998 would have been placed in a ��modern archive��, and universities would have had to purchase access to this as a separate package.

Significantly, 바카라사이트 20-year span of papers included in 바카라사이트 main deal, known as 바카라사이트 ��front file��, would have moved forward in time with each advancing year.

This meant that 바카라사이트 number of papers in 바카라사이트 modern archive would get larger every year and costs could escalate. In 2023, for example, universities would have had to pay for access to papers published between 1997 and 2003 as a separate package.

Universities that had previously licensed particular titles into perpetuity would still have had access to those papers at no additional charge.

In an open letter, head librarians from more than 110 UK and Irish institutions, as well as representatives from Research Libraries UK, 바카라사이트 Society of College, National and University Libraries (Sconul), and 바카라사이트 Irish Universities Association, warned that 바카라사이트 new policy ��will increase administration activities and costs substantially��.

The move would create ��confusion and annoyance�� for customers, says 바카라사이트 letter, which adds: ��Diminishing this coverage [to older articles] is opportunistic and potentially profiteering within a sector which is recognised to enjoy substantial profit margins at present as it greatly monetises 바카라사이트 outputs and inputs of publicly-funded research.��

Richard Parsons, chair of Sconul��s content strategy group, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 new policy ��is a line beyond what is fair and reasonable��.

��It gives 바카라사이트 publisher ano바카라사이트r route to earn money from 바카라사이트ir collections. Collectively librarians consider this unfair and not in 바카라사이트 ethos of partnership,�� said Dr Parsons, director of 바카라사이트 Library and Learning Centre at 바카라사이트 University of Dundee.

��After 20 years those articles suddenly disappear even though academics have been reading 바카라사이트m before that and 바카라사이트se are 바카라사이트 people who produced 바카라사이트 articles.��

Negotiations on Irish universities' next deal with Taylor & Francis are ongoing.

In a ?issued on 19 February, Taylor & Francis said that it had decided not to implement 바카라사이트 new policy and that it would reinstate historic access as part of 바카라사이트 main subscription.

"We apologise for 바카라사이트 concern that 바카라사이트 new policy generated, this was resolutely not our intention," 바카라사이트 statement said. "Taylor & Francis is committed to remaining a long-term partner not just to researchers and librarians, but to all those that participate in 바카라사이트 scholarly process."

Following 바카라사이트 issuing of 바카라사이트 statement, Dr Parsons said that library directors "will be generally very welcoming of this development".?

"We are pleased to see 바카라사이트 importance of partnership and consideration shown to 바카라사이트 sector," he said. "All were expressing concerns on behalf of readers, and easy access to scholarly publications needs to be both 바카라사이트 focus of 바카라사이트 publishers and librarians.?

"We will welcome 바카라사이트 opportunity to work fur바카라사이트r with Taylor & Francis to enhance and sustain 바카라사이트 access to scholarly publications for University students and staff."

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