The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Funding Article Processing Charges (APCs), SPEC Kit 353, an exploration of the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address APCs. This SPEC Kit covers 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.
Ordering Information
SPEC Kit 353, Funding Article Processing Charges
Gail McMillan, Leslie O’Brien, and Philip Young
November 2016 • 145 pp.
Online Edition
SPEC Kits on the ARL Digital Publications platform are open access and freely available to all readers.
Read/download SPEC Kit 353.
Print Edition
Print copies of SPEC Kit 353 are available for purchase.
ISBN 1-59407-965-X • $40 ARL members/$50 all others
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2016 print subscription, four issues (350–353), shipping included (additional postage may apply outside North America), plus free access to four SPEC Kit webcasts • ISSN 0160-3582 • $225 ARL members/$300 all others.
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About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL’s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at https://www.arl.org/.
