As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC’s key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.

We offer scientists from the University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Innsbruck the opportunity to publish open access in De Gruyter hybrid journals free of charge. We have agreed an Open Access deal with the publisher De Gruyter, which offers scientists of the University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Innsbruck the possibility to publish their research results as corresponding authors open access in hybrid journals of De Gruyter without additional payment of Article Processing Charges (APCs). Special agreement for Gold OA journals: for publications in Gold OA journals by De Gruyter, there is a discount of 15% per article. The agreement also includes online access to all of the publisher's journals and is valid for the year 2019.

The University of Innsbruck has a shared support membership with BMC, which offers scientists and students of the University of Innsbruck the opportunity to publish their research results in BMC and SpringerOpen Journals to 50% of the APC. The remaining costs are covered by the university.

arXiv. org is an open-access repository for preprints in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, financial mathematics and biology. The University and Regional Library of Tyrol provides financial support for the operation of arXiv.

The university and regional library of Tyrol has agreed on an open access deal with the publisher Wiley, which offers all scientists of the University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Innsbruck, i.e. as corresponding authors, the opportunity to publish their research results open access in the hybrid journals of Wiley without additional payment for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The agreement also includes online access to all of the publisher's journals and will be effective for the years 2018-20.

Open Access - unrestricted and free access to scientific literature - is a recent and forward-looking topic. What services, financing options and supporting offers are available at the university? How can the legal framework conditions be handled? Which aspects of Open Access publishing require special attention? These and similar questions are dealt with in the course. We offer to visit your department for consultation and information events also in English.