SPEC Kit 353: Funding Article Processing Charges (November 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address article processing charges (APCs)—including how the funds are established and how they are handled (e.g., policies, applications, budgets, administration, outreach activities, etc.), sources of funding, and whether and under what circumstances libraries are partnering with other units (or other libraries) to fund this aspect of open access.
This SPEC Kit includes examples of funding web pages, fund administration policies and procedures, promotional material, and job descriptions.
McMillan, Gail, Leslie O'Brien, and Philip Young. Funding Article Processing Charges. SPEC Kit 353. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, November 2016.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 353: Funding Article Processing Charges (November 2016)
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SPEC Kit 353 Funding Article Processing Charges (November 2016)
I1
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Funding Article Processing Charges frontmatter and Executive Summary
II2
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Survey Results
18
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Representative Documents
4350
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Open Access Fund Descriptions
4451
- University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources 4552
- University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries 4653
- Columbia University Libraries 4855
- Cornell University Library 5057
- Duke University Libraries 5259
- Emory University Libraries 5461
- Harvard University 5663
- University of Iowa Libraries 5764
- University of Kansas Libraries 5966
- University of Maryland Libraries 6370
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 6572
- Northwestern University Library 6673
- University of Pennsylvania Library 6875
- University of Tennessee Libraries 7178
- University of Virginia Library 7279
- Virginia Tech Libraries 7380
- York University Libraries 7481
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Fund Policies
7683
- University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources 7784
- Cornell University Library 7986
- Harvard University 8289
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 8794
- Northwestern University Library 8996
- University of Oklahoma Libraries 9299
- Pennsylvania State University Libraries 93100
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Library 95102
- Virginia Tech Libraries 97104
- Western University Libraries 98105
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Fund Application Procedures
100107
- University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries 101108
- Colorado State University Libraries 102109
- Columbia University Libraries 104111
- Cornell University Library 107114
- Emory University Libraries 110117
- University of Iowa Libraries 111118
- University of Kansas Libraries 113120
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 116123
- Northwestern University Library 118125
- University of Pennsylvania Library 119126
- Pennsylvania State University Libraries 120127
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Library 122129
- University of Tennessee Libraries 124131
- University of Virginia Library 127134
- Virginia Tech Libraries 129136
- York University Libraries 130137
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Position Descriptions
132139
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Open Access Fund Descriptions
4451
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Selected Resources
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SPEC Kit 353: Funding Article Processing Charges (November 2016)