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The American Chemical Society (ACS) journal package consists of roughly 50 journals from the field of chemistry.  In January 2018 ACS made three-year offer (2018 – 2020) to FinELib, giving access to the ACS journal package and also including possibility to publish a number of articles with immediate open access during the agreement term. 13 FinELib organisations  have enrolled for this offer. The license agreement is currently being finalised.

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.