"Framing outcomes as “savings” or “cost avoidance” may obscure the fact that these agreements often redirect funds rather than reduce overall expenditure."
with co-authors @dededawson.bsky.social, Jaclyn McLean, Jason Friedman, Erin Fields, and Monica Ward
'Van Bellen and Céspedes identify three defining traits of the Canadian journal landscape:
1. The exceptionally high prevalence of diamond open access,
2. The predominance of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines, and
3. The relative absence of commercial publishers (p. 104).
Le 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès au Web of Science, Core Collection et Journal Citation Reports. Une nouvelle étape de sa politique en faveur de la science ouverte pour promouvoir des alternatives ouvertes, transparentes et responsables.
Just published in College & Research Libraries News! 🎉 “Tangled Terms: How We Talk About Transformative Agreements”: doi.org/10.5860/crln.... We argue for more caution with the language used when talking about the "value" of TAs.
Go Canada and a special nod to our library publishing programs 🇨🇦.
"Canada’s strong library publishing sector is critically enabled by OJS, which allows universities and research centres to retain control over scholarly communication infrastructure rather than outsourcing it to commercial entities"
Fab summary of @simonvbellen.bsky.social and @lucyces.bsky.social 's amazing work documenting the diamond OA landscape in Canada: doi.org/10.5206/cjil...
A new version of Coalition Publica's Canadian scholarly journal dataset now available on doi.org/10.5683/SP3/..., including latest FRQ support data and new journals. @borealisdata.bsky.social @pkp.sfu.ca @erudit.org
We’re excited to announce the launch of Philosophical Logic at the Open Library of Humanities.
This follows another mass editorial resignation at Springer Nature (open letter linked in the announcement).
Read more:
Libraries need to critically engage with language we use when assessing TAs/R&Ps.
Out now: doi.org/10.5860/crln...
with my fantastic co-authors @leighbutler.bsky.social, Jaclyn McLean, Jason Friedman, Erin Fields, and Monica Ward
À partir du 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès à l’une des plus importantes bases bibliométriques commerciales : le
