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Swets Publisher survey on Open Access and APC Management Open Access (OA) initiatives have been on the scene for many years now. Originally, OA intended to offer access "free of charge and free copyright and licensing restrictions to scholarly publications" but in recent times we have seen how OA has gone beyond that original idea and is now transforming economics of conventional publishers. A number of Society publishers that decided to move their subscription based journals to OA were crucial to the embracing of OA by authors, funding institutions and commercial publishers. The introduction of the use of Article Processing Charges (APCs) as the central means of financing professional publishing of OA journals and the involvement of well-established publishers, with quality peer-review systems and high-impact journals have removed the initial doubts about the sustainability of OA journals. In the last decade the importance of the APC business model has grown rapidly and to date almost all major commercial publishers have started full open access or hybrid journals funded by APCs. The OA initiatives have gained support and this new form of publishing is now funding and leading the renovation of the business models that have been used in scholarly publishing for decades. As a result of that, Swets has decided to further explore how we can play a role in OA. We are conducting a survey amongst publishers to identify the current status of the Open Access situation at their organisation, particularly in the context of APCs. Your responses to the survey will be used to help develop solutions to assist publishers. Have your say! Complete the quick survey here: http://goo.gl/s4th7c SwetsWise - the one-stop-shop for all your journal and eBook requirements Ask now for further information Swets are GreenWise, so join us and please consider the environment before printing this email. Lucy McBride Marketing Specialist, Publishers Swets Information Services Swan House Wyndyke Furlong Abingdon Business Park Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1UQ Tel : + 44 (0) 1235 - 857621 Fax: + 44 (0) 1235 - 857503 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: http://www.swets.com <http://www.swets.com/> Swets Simplifies ISO 9001:2008 Globally certified ------------------------------ Swets Information Services Ltd Registered Office: Swan House, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon Business Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1UQ, England Company registered number - 00165100 ------------------------------ lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UKSG