| Publisher |
Walter de Gruyter |
| Agreement ID | degruy2023czelib |
| Agreement labeling | CzechELib STANDARD LICENSE AGREEMENT |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://smlouvy.gov.cz/smlouva/23756897 |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | CzechELib |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
60 |
| Comments on size/article output | However, we have only 12 tokens per year |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level |
| FINANCIAL SHIFT
Transformative agreements vary by their transformative mechanisms, meaning the way in which financing is shifted from the subscription side to open access publishing. What are the characteristics of this agreement to this regard? |
APC discount and APC “voucher” for institutions under the agreement |
| RISK SHARING
How do entitlements for open access publishing correlate to the anticipated article output? Which mechanisms for risk sharing have been agreed in cases of exceeding or not reaching the number of OA publishing entitlements? |
There is no risk sharing agreed. We have just 12 OA vouchers for hybrids, however these vouchers are bound to package subscription (i.e. to particular institution). Some members (libraries) probably won’t be able to use the vouchers (no publishing). We have no load balancing (voucher reallocation) on consortial level, this should be improved in future or by agreement with publisher. |
| OA COVERAGE
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
Yes |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles (article types not listed explicitly) |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
More than 50% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | No transition to fully OA from the previous agreement at all. The same APC voucher offer as in the previous ageement. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |