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The American Chemical Society (ACS) journal package consists of roughly 50 journals from the field of chemistry. In 2017, 13 FINELIB ORGANISATIONS subscribe to the package.

Currently, FinELib does not have any elements concerning open access in its ACS agreement. The Netherlands is the first country in Europe to sign an agreement with the ACS in 2017 that includes access to paywalled articles and publishing with immediate open access.

FinELib has only signed a one-year agreement with the ACS for 2017, as no satisfactory results on open access were reached in negotiations. In January 2018 ACS made an offer to FinELib, giving access to the ACS journal package and also including an element to support open access. The proposal has been sent to consortium members and they have been asked to provide FinELib with their enrollments.

OVID's Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access Collection is a collection of about 300 medical titles. Currently, SEVEN FINELIB ORGANISATIONS subscribe to the collection.

In 2017, the Netherlands signed  an agreement with OVID, including access to paywalled articles  and open access in hybrid journals.

Wolters Kluwer  made an offer to FinELib, giving access to the Lippincott Total Access journal  package and also including an element to support open access. FinELib has signed the license agreement for 2018 – 2022, but negotiations regarding the open access element and process are still ongoing.

Springer has developed a model for its hybrid jounrals (SpringerCompact) which combines  license fees and open access article processing charges. Some countries (for example the Netherlands, Sweden and UK) have signed these kind of agreements with Springer.

FinELib has received two offers for a SpringerCompact agreement. The offers are too expensive and negotiations continue.

As a temporary solution we'll sign a traditional license agreement without an open access element for the time period 1.1.2018-31.4.2018. Negotiations for a Springer Compact deal will continue during this time.

The 2014 Full Collection acquired from Wiley consists of approximately 1,290 journals from different scientific fields. Currently, 21 FINELIB ORGANISATIONS subscribe to the collection.

Wiley is one of the largest and most expensive journal collections of FinELib. Finnish universities and research institutions paid roughly EUR 3 million for Wiley e-resources in 2016 (source: INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLISHING PRICES COLLECTED BY THE ATT PROJECT).

FinELib's current agreement does not include open access. In 2016, the Netherlands signed an agreement with Wiley, including access to paywalled articles  and open access in hybrid journals. In addition to Finland, other European countries are negotiating over the inclusion of open access in the agreement.

During the current round of negotiations, Wiley has presented an offer which includes open access in hybrid journals. Negotiations are still ongoing.