Tackling Publishing Monopolies through Consortial Negotiations. The Role of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries in making Open Access a Reality
This Lunch & Learn series offers members of the UZH insights into various aspects of Open Science. The event begins with a half-hour input presentation and concludes with an open Q&A session.
General information
The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) was established to negotiate and obtain licenses for digital scientific resources (journals, books and databases) for academic libraries. CSAL plays an important role in implementing the Swiss National Open Access Strategy which aims at making all publicly funded scholarly publications freely available for all.
The session will address the following questions:
The session will address the following questions:
- Why do we need negotiations with publishers?
- What is CSAL and what is our part in these negotiations?
- Where do the negotiation’s mandate and money come from?
- What have we learned in the past years and how does this shape our current work?
Researchers at UZH and other institutions
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