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# TU Delft Library collections

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- [TU Delft Collections and Publishing Costs for 2026](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2025/10/tu-delft-collections-and-publishing-costs-for-2026/) - Below is collections and publishing budget for TU Delft in 2026 (subject to final approval as part of the overall library budget). The total budget for collections and publishing is €7,615,000, the same as 2025 Read and Publish deals, sometimes known as Transformative Agreement, are where costs are paid for the right to publish in
- [They are coming for your academic sovereignty under the guise of protection](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2025/06/they-are-coming-for-your-academic-sovereignty-under-the-guise-of-protection/) - We live in interesting times with significant challenges, the unpredictable geopolitical landscape, declining trust in science and the fast rise of AI are all impacting our research. The world of academic publishing is no exception. And we see now some worrying trends, with significant challenges for academic autonomy if we do not act quickly. The Publishers are currently recommending CC-BY-NC-ND to authors. They disguise it as protecting the work of researchers against misuse, but in fact this license requires the authors to sign over their rights to the publisher. That publisher can then decide to whom they sell the content for commercial re-use and the author will have nothing to say about that decision.
- [First recipients of TU Delft Open Scholarly Communications Fund](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2025/01/first-recipients-of-tu-delft-open-scholarly-communications-fund/) - As mentioned last year, TU Delft has now established its Open Scholarly Communications Fund. The goal is to support alternative publishing and infrastructure systems that offer greater autonomy and fairness in sharing research outputs. We are delighted to say that we are now funding the following ventures in 2025 Open Citations (three year agreement) Peer
- [Breakdown of Read and Publish costs at TU Delft 2025](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2025/01/breakdown-of-read-and-publish-costs-at-tu-delft-2025/) - Louise Otting, Alastair Dunning, January 2024 In read and publish deals, the read part costs a lot more than the publish part. Our analysis of 11 read and publish deals for 2025 at TU Delft showed that just 11% of the annual costs were assigned to the publish costs. For each individual read and publish
- [What is TU Delft Library doing to change publication culture? ](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/09/what-is-tu-delft-library-doing-to-change-publication-culture/) - Alastair Dunning – Head, Research Services TU Delft Library Just de Leeuwe – Publishing Advisor Louise Otting – Collections Manager Nienke van Schaverbeke – Head, Scholarly Communications and Publishing (Update December 2024: the additional BTW rate has thankfully now been cancelled. We have also decided to reduce our Open Access for Gold APCs more slowly,
- [TU Delft Collections Budget 2025](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/11/tu-delft-collections-budget-2025/) - See interactive version This pie chart summarises the predicted outlay by TU Delft Library in 2025 on collections. By collections we mean here access to research and education content from publishers. It also includes the sums included for publishing using the Gold Open Access route.
- [From Publish or Perish to Thrive and Diversify](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/10/from-publish-or-perish-to-thrive-and-diversify/) - To change any culture, you need to change the incentives that go with that culture. Within the context of university research, the developments within the Rewards and Recognition programme are crucial for getting away from the debilitating environment of Publish or Perish. Professor Martijn Warnier is head of the Multi-Actor Systems Department within Delft
- [PLOS project to move 'Beyond the APC'](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/10/plos-project-to-move-beyond-the-apc/) - The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has been a groundbreaker in publication. It was at the forefront of the Article Processing Charge (APC), and publication of articles without being constrained by print-centred notions like quarterly volumes with limited page sizes. But as we have seen elsewhere, the APC is not providing cost-constrained open access. For
- [Learning from Libraries’ Growing Experience with Unbundling](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/10/learning-from-libraries-growing-experience-with-unbundling/) - The advocacy organisation SPARC recently arranged a webinar showing four North American libraries' experiences in moving away from so called 'big deals.' These licencing arrangements bundles lots of journals together in big packages rather than selling journals separately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ9onZEUKw8 There were many interesting things to digest, particularly in how these libraries still managed
- [Innovating Scholarly Communication: TU Delft’s new fund for open publishing](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/10/innovating-scholarly-communication-tu-delfts-new-fund-for-open-publishing/) - At TU Delft Library, we're taking bold steps to address the evolving landscape of scholarly communication. We are committed to advancing open access that not only shared knowledge, but is financially sustainable and supports innovation in scientific publishing. This is why we are excited to introduce the Scholarly Communications Fund. As we have
- [IOP Publishing - Librarian Spotlight](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/03/iop-publishing-librarian-spotlight/) - Every now and then you are invited by a publisher to share your thoughts on a variety of topics. Recently I was asked by IOP Publishing to be a part of their Librarian Spotlight.I received a list with all sorts of interview questions in the mail and was asked to answer as many as I
- [Towards a responsible Publication Culture - CoalitionS survey](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/04/towards-a-responsible-publication-culture-coalitions-survey/) - CoalitionS has created a survey on to ask researchers for their input on how we, as a research community, can work towards a responsible publication culture. Here you can find the link to the survey(CWTS is coordinating, that is why the link is through Leiden University) The publishers have already had
- [Changing Publication Culture at TU Delft](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2024/03/publication-culture/) - The Publication and Collection Taskforce team received a call to write about the current publication culture and the concerns we have. Aided by our colleagues at the TU Delft Library we wrote a discussion paper that was sent to the deans of the faculties as input for the yearly rounds our director, Irene Haslinger and
- [Creating an Ecosystem of Data for the Management of Scholarly Collections](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2023/10/creating-an-ecosystem-of-data-for-the-management-of-scholarly-collections/) - TU Delft Library manages scholarly collections of a value of around 8m Euros a year. This goes from large-scale read and publish deals that are managed nationally in collaboration with Surf (62 deals); deals that organised via intermediaries such as EBSCO (170 publishers comprising 383 titles); and customised bilateral deals (between 35 and 40) that
- [Why can’t you buy that (e)book?](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2022/10/why-cant-you-buy-that-ebook/) - eBooks and Libraries: Stuck between user and publisher In the UK, the #ebooksos campaign aims to address the adverse impacts that e-book publishing practices have on libraries. The campaign inspired the UKB* members of the Collection Management Group to write a memo. Alie Bijker and yours truly have written an article based on this memo.
- [](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2021/11/intro/) - In this blog, I want to keep everyone informed about events concerning collection and publication at the TU Delft Library. More info...
- [Limit on Springer and Emerald publications](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2021/10/article-processing-charge-caps/) - The TU Delft Library is constantly negotiating bilateral and national deals with publishers to ensure our researchers don’t have to pay for publishing and to make certain they comply with the requirements from their funders. Sometimes a fixed number of scientific publications is part of a contract, this means that our researchers can publish Open
- [Designing a new Publication and Collections Dashboard](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2021/08/designing-a-new-publication-and-collections-dashboard/) - Wouldn’t it be nice to have an easy overview of where your research is published, how you are doing on the Open Access/ Open Science front, what journals your researchers are reading and many more related topics? In autumn 2021 we hope to work together with the faculties in brand new collection and publication taskforces.
- [Introduction to the acting Collections Manager](https://library-collections.tudl.tudelft.nl/2021/08/introduction-to-the-acting-collections-manager/) - Since the 1st of June I am taking on a new challenge as acting Collection Manager for the TU Delft Library. This seems like the perfect time to start blogging and an introduction may be in order. My name is Louise Otting, I started at the TU Delft Library in September 2019 as a Host in

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