SCELC Consortium and IOP Publishing strengthen their commitment to OA publishing  

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has finalised an uncapped transformative agreement (TA) with the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) allowing corresponding authors at subscribing institutions to publish their work open access (OA) at no cost to them. The fees for publishing their work openly will be covered by institutional subscription fees paid by participating academic and research institutions. 

Teri Oaks Gallaway, Executive Director at SCELC, says: “We are pleased to have negotiated an affordable value-based agreement with a mission-driven not-for-profit society publisher.   It enables even the smallest institutions to access the full range of content and allows their authors to publish openly without having to seek out individual funds.” 

Commencing on the 1st of January 2023, the agreement exemplifies IOPP’s dedication to influencing real change when it comes to open physics and aligns with SCELC’s endeavour to support open publication of its institutions’ faculty research output. This three-year agreement is expected to significantly increase the number of research papers published open access by authors affiliated with the 17 participating SCELC institutions.  

Julian Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director at IOPP said: “We are delighted to welcome SCELC and their libraries into our growing global family of Transformative Agreements.  Supporting researchers to publish their work OA and providing the tools to make this content visible as widely as possible lies at the heart of everything we stand for as a learned society.”  

IOP Publishing has transformative agreements with over 300 institutions in 17 countries and sees them as key to accelerating the OA transition. IOPP’s effort to expand TA coverage in the Americas has resulted in over 40 new individual institutional TAs to date including sites as diverse as Princeton University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and University of Notre Dame.  

Find out more about IOP Publishing’s activities to encourage and support greater access, transparency and inclusivity here.  

For more information about SCELC’s ongoing goals, values, and activities related to transformative agreements, please visit the SCELC Transformative Agreements LibGuide. 

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About Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) 

Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation established in 1986 to develop resource sharing and licensing among the libraries of private academic institutions in Southern California. Today, SCELC represents a diverse community of 110+ Member and 230+ Affiliate institutions and organizations across multiple states, and is one of the top five consortia in licensing volume in all of North America. SCELC’s portfolio of consortial licensing, programming, and services is enabled by our commitment to building relationships and nurturing networks between our libraries and with our vendor and publisher partners, as well as our mission to empower librarians to collaborate on access to and the effective use of library resources and services. 

SCELC contact: amy@scelc.org 

About IOP Publishing  
IOP Publishing is a society-owned scientific publisher, delivering impact, recognition, and value to the scientific community. Its purpose is to expand the world of physics, offering a portfolio of journals, eBooks, conference proceedings and science news resources globally. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society, IOP Publishing supports the Institute’s work to inspire people to develop their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of physics. Go to http://ioppublishing.org or follow us @IOPPublishing.    

IOP Publishing contact: faye.holst@ioppublishing.org