​The Library and Information Service is pleased to announce that three new Read & Publish agreements have been signed with peer-reviewed publishers that will enhance the publishing of articles in open access (OA) publications. These agreements have been negotiated by the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC), of which Stellenbosch University (SU) is a member. This is in addition to the OA agreements signed in 2021 with Cambridge University Press (CUP), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

SANLiC is a non-profit consortium of academic libraries aimed at negotiating the procurement of and securing access to information resources on behalf of its members, the aim being to deliver a cost-effective result benefiting all members on a national level.

Emerald journals

The Emerald/SANLiC agreement for 2022-2024 is a Read & Publish OA agreement that provides read access to our Emerald subscriptions, as well as permitting corresponding authors from SU to publish a capped number of articles as OA without paying APCs in Emerald gold and subscribed hybrid journals.

The caps on the number of articles for all participating SANLIC members are:

• 2022 = 111
• 2023 = 134
• 2024 = 158
  

This works on a first-come-first-served basis. Emerald will track the number of articles published and keep the SANLiC office informed.

SAGE journals

The SAGE/SANLiC agreement for 2022-2024 is a Read & Publish OA agreement that provides access to the SAGE Premier journals collection of more than 1 100 titles, and will also permit corresponding authors from SU to publish an uncapped number of articles as OA in the hybrid journals listed in the SAGE/SANLiC agreement, without paying author processing charges (APCs).

Corresponding authors from SU will also receive a discount of 20% on Pure Gold Open Access Journals. There are a small number of exclusions where SAGE is contractually prevented from offering this discount. A list of excluded journals is available from the publisher.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) journals on the SAGE platform

The SAGE/SANLiC agreement for 2022-2024 is a Read & Publish OA agreement that includes access to the IMechE journals. The agreement will also permit corresponding authors from SU to publish an uncapped number of articles as OA in the IMechE journals.

This collection includes the 16-part Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as well as two other key peer-reviewed engineering journals. Complimentary access to files going back to 1997 is included, with conditions.

Wiley journals

The Wiley/SANLiC agreement for 2022-2025 is a Read & Publish OA agreement that will be phased in over this period. It will provide SU clients reading access to more than 1 400 Wiley journals. In 2022 SU authors may publish free of charge in Wiley's hybrid OA journals only. However, there is a cap on the number of articles that can be published without paying APCs, for all participating SANLiC members on a first-come-first served basis. 2023-2025 will see the inclusion of Wiley Gold OA journals and Hindawi journals. Read the full press release here.

How do these agreements influence SU researchers' workflow?

Researchers submit their articles to a publisher as usual. The publisher will automatically give you the applicable OA benefit once the article is accepted for publication.

Enquiries about these agreements: Ms Caretha Nel. Tel 021 808 4433, or email caretha@sun.ac.za

More information regarding SU OA initiatives is available on our website.

8 April 2022