Dear Elise, 

It would be helpful if you could spell out the details of Erudits financial 
engagement with the journal publishers. The details are not very transparent 
on your website. 

You may understand Erudit to be participating in the'redefinition of the power 
dynamic in the field of scholarly publishing'. On the other hand, providing 
'continuous and long-lasting financial support to HSS publishers in 
transition' might suggest the opposite. 

Best regards, 

Philip Hunter

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Partnership Model
> 
> In order to support HSS journals’ transition towards open access, Érudit
> and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) have developed, since
> 2014, a funding model based on a collaborative partnership between 
university
> libraries and scholarly journals.
> 
>  
> 
> Aims
> 
> In line with the international effort of redefinition of the power dynamic 
in
> the field of scholarly publishing, in support of a free circulation of
> knowledge, the partnership model aims to provide continuous and long-lasting
> financial support to HSS publishers in transition towards complete and
> immediate open access.



Quoting Elise Bergeron <[log in to unmask]>:

> A Partnership in Support of Open Access to Scholarly Journals in HSS
> 
> Érudit
> 
> Érudit.org is a Canadian non-commercial digital library founded in 1998.
> Érudit disseminates over 110 peer-reviewed HSS journals (current issues and
> archives) published in French and in English (number of articles).
> Érudit’s platform is entirely built on open source software; it is owned
> and run by an interuniversity consortium.
> 
>  
> 
> Partnership Model
> 
> In order to support HSS journals’ transition towards open access, Érudit
> and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) have developed, since
> 2014, a funding model based on a collaborative partnership between 
university
> libraries and scholarly journals.
> 
>  
> 
> Aims
> 
> In line with the international effort of redefinition of the power dynamic 
in
> the field of scholarly publishing, in support of a free circulation of
> knowledge, the partnership model aims to provide continuous and long-lasting
> financial support to HSS publishers in transition towards complete and
> immediate open access.
> 
>  
> 
> Principles 
> 
> Representative, cooperative, open, and transparent, the partnership for open
> access is a model that respects the economic reality of research libraries 
as
> well as the financial needs of HSS journals.
> 
>  
> 
> Benefits 
> 
> By becoming partners, research libraries support fair open access
> dissemination for all, in a very tangible way. They contribute directly to
> the expansion of a sustainable and robust alternative to commercial
> publishing. 
> 
>  
> 
> Want to know more?
> Have a look at our website: partnership.erudit.org 
> Contact us for a one-hour informative webinar to be held on Thursday March
> 29th and Friday March 30th at 3:00 (UTC): [log in to unmask]
> We will send you back a confirmation with the link to the webinar.
> 
>  
> 
> Best wishes, 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Élise Bergeron
>  
> Directrice des opérations
> Director of Operations
> [log in to unmask]
> +1 514 343 6111 poste 5248
> erudit.org
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Consortium Érudit
> Université de Montréal
> Pavillon 3744 Jean Brillant – Bureau 6500
> C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
> Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7
> 
>  
> 
> 
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