Re: From Inside Higher Ed

[Bernd-Christoph Kaemper <bernd-christoph.kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Uptake for OUP's pricey "Oxford Open" paid hybrid-Gold OA option 
is likely going to decrease further after their recent 40% (in 
GBP/EUR, 25% in USD) increase in Open Access Publication Charges, 
effective from December 2009, for authors from subscribing 
institutions, cf. my messafe from Oct 2009, 
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0910/msg00076.html

This clearly foils the expectations that the promise to lower OUP 
journal subscription costs proportionately, as hybrid Gold uptake 
increases, will have any effect. Double dipping is still 
occurring here.

Cf. again also Stevan Harnads take on this, 
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/741-Highly-Misleading-Press-Release-by-Oxford-University-Press-Journals.html

Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library

MEDDINGS, Colin schrieb:

Further to the below - these figures relate to the optional 
author pays open access initiative, Oxford Open. You can find the 
news item on our website at:

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/2010/06/10/open_access.html

These figures do not relate to any other form of access, such as 
via repositories. We have amended the text on our website 
slightly to clarify this, as there seems to have been some 
confusion in the reporting of this news.

Best wishes,

Colin Meddings
Senior Library Marketing Manager
Oxford Journals | Oxford University Press