Institutional principles for negotiating with publishers

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

• This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, scope notes, and method of organization.

• This is a list of library and university principles for negotiating with publishers. Some are from consortia rather than individual institutions.
  • When possible, include the date of public release.

• Related lists in OAD: University statements on OA

• Alphabetical by institution.

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• University of North Texas
  • Expectations for Library Vendors, first released February 2, 2018; subsequently revised more than once.

• University of California
  • The UC principles themselves, April 25, 2018
    • Another copy, June 3, 2019.
  • Announcement of the UC principles, June 21, 2018
  • Berkeley blog post about the principles, July 27, 2018
  • Negotiating with scholarly journal publishers: A toolkit from the University of California, May 2019

• Iowa State University
  • The ISU principles themselves, October 15, 2019
  • Article about the ISU principles, October 19, 2019

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • The MIT Framework itself, October 23, 2019
  • Harvard support for the MIT Framework

Harvard OSC endorsed this framework, with Martha’s approval. See the list of endorsing orgs at the end of the doc. Peter Suber made an endorsing statement in the MIT announcement. Martha Whitehead’s public statement on OA praised the MIT Framework, October 23, 2019. Announcement of the MIT Framework, October 23, 2019 UCalifornia statement in support of the MIT Framework, December 17, 2019 NERL endorsed the MIT Framework, January 21, 2020 NERL endorsed it again in its own negotiating principles (more below under NERL), March 3, 2021

• Grand Valley State University (GVSU)
  • Principles for GVSU negotiations as summarized by librarian A. Scarlet Galvan, January 8, 2020

• Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) [consortium]
  • GWLA Licensing Principles, June 12, 2020
  • GWLA Model License, last revised November 2019

• University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • UMass Amherst Framework Principles for Provider Agreements, February 2021
  • Framework for Provider Agreements
  • Framework for Provider Agreements Frequently Asked Questions

• NorthEast Research Libraries Consortium (NERL) [consortium]
  • NERL demands a better deal, March 3, 2021
  • These are the NERL negotiating principles.
  • NERL endorsed the MIT Framework in the doc above and in a separate doc, January 21, 2021
  • This blog post has a useful table of the NERL negotiating goals, May 26, 2021.

• University of Maryland
  • Licensing principles
  • Announced May 27, 2021

• FORCE11
  • Declaration of Researcher Rights in Negotiating the Future of Scholarly Communication, June 1, 2021

• • Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
  • Recommended Principles and Terms for Electronic Resource Agreements, version 1.0 dated Spring 2022 (announced February 15, 2022).
  • Also see the Google Doc version.

• University of Washington
  • UW apparently has similar principles but we haven’t found them yet. U Maryland mentions them (above).