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Springer Nature and UC Berkeley sign OA books deal
The University of California, Berkeley Library has signed an open access book agreement with Springer Nature. The agreement will cover a broad range of book titles across all disciplines — from humanities and social sciences to sciences, technology and mathematics and, starting in 2021 and running for at least three years, will provide open access funding to University of California (UC) Berkeley affiliated authors. The OA book titles will publish under Springer, Palgrave and Apress imprints, with initial publications later this year. This agreement with follows the UC
system-wide agreement with Springer Nature last year to enable UC authors to publish research articles OA in more than 2,700 Springer Nature journals. While the transformative deal covers the publication of journal articles, books are the common or expected publishing format in some disciplines. The need to account for a variety of scholarly outputs prompted UC Berkeley Library to sign a new agreement providing direct assistance to book-publishing authors. The books will be published under a
CC BY licence and readers around the world will have free access to the books via Springer Nature’s content platform SpringerLink. With research showing that OA books
are downloaded 10 times more often and cited 2.4 times more, the agreement will significantly enhance the visibility, dissemination and impact of important academic research, the publisher says. Niels Peter Thomas, managing director for books at Springer Nature, said: ‘We
are delighted to be partnering with UC Berkeley Library in what is our first ever institutional partnership for open access books and our first US agreement for open access books. This represents a big step towards ensuring access to funding for book authors.
‘By utilising our experience as the
largest academic book publisher and expertise in enabling the transition to open access, we look forward to increasing the impact and reach of book authors at UC Berkeley and their research.’ Jo Anne Newyear-Ramirez, UC
Berkeley Library associate university librarian for scholarly resources, said: ‘UC Berkeley Library has been working with publishers to create sustainable and inclusive paths to open access, for both scholarly articles and books.
New IOPP policy allows author name changes
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has implemented a policy to allow authors to change their name on previously published research. The move is part of IOPP’s
stated commitment to ensuring an open, supportive and inclusive research environment. It says people change their name for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to gender identity, marriage, divorce, or a change in religion – and that, in many
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cases, particularly for trans and non-binary authors, changing names needs to be approached with discretion and sensitivity. The policy was developed in
consultation with the research community, applies to all content published including journal articles, conference proceedings and ebooks. It covers changes to names, pronouns, author photographs and contact details. Respecting the authors right
to privacy is a key tenet, IOPP says, with assurance of full confidentiality and the option to change a name with or without a public notice. There is no requirement to disclose the reason for the request, nor the need to provide name change proof. Kim Eggleton, IOPP integrity and inclusion manager, said: ‘We wanted to ensure authors could change their name on already published research without a cumbersome
process. Engaging with the research community in the development of the policy helped us understand the experiences and frustrations that researchers had previously faced and we have built their feedback into our approach. ‘A big thank you to all those
who took the time to help us shape our approach. Creating a more inclusive and equitable publishing environment is important to us.’
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‘For the past several years, through our Berkeley Research Impact Initiative, we have covered a significant portion of book processing charges for any open access book our authors publish, but this agreement with Springer Nature takes an even bigger leap forward. ‘Under this agreement, we will cover 100 per cent of standard publishing costs for open access books that UC Berkeley authors publish with Springer Nature for at least the next three years. This will help yield important progress on our journey to advance knowledge, by making more UC Berkeley-authored books open to the world. ‘We’re equally thrilled to be pioneers among US academic institutions in entering into this type of agreement with Springer Nature.’
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