Mapping of APC:s at the Gothenburg University Library

Abstract

Since 2016 the University Library has been mapping all article processing charges paid by the University of Gothenburg. One of the purposes was to show the double debit of hybrid publishing, which otherwise becomes invisible, as the budgets of the library and the faculties never cross paths.

It has been crucial to the mapping process that cooperation between different units within the university organization was initiated: the licensing team, the OA team, the Library Office and the Grants and Innovation Office. The issues we have tackled during this work, including how payments should be registered in our accounting systems and how we should deal with offset-agreements and memberships, should be of interest to anyone working with similar questions. In our presentation, we will demonstrate our work so far, and share some of our experiences and lessons learned.