Academic journal costs
Dear Kingston University,
For the years 2015 and 2016, please publish the total amount paid to each of the following publishers for academic journals:
Wiley
Springer
Elsevier
Taylor & Francis
De Gruyter
Sage
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing
I understand that your expenditure records may be held in academic financial years rather than calendar years. If so, I am happy for the response to be provided in the same format, with figures for 2014/15, and 2015/16.
The figures should include payments made directly to the publishers as well as any payments made to subscription agents or intermediaries for the purchase of, and/or access to, the publishers' academic journals. They should also include payment for journal packages such as Jisc Collections agreements, as well as for individual journals. Please include VAT where possible.
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Lawson
Dear Stuart,
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 02/12/16 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of Information Policy, available at the link below:
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonu...
I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than 04/01/17 this being twenty working days following receipt of your request. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Kind regards,
Lyn
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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Stuart,
Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.
For the years 2015 and 2016, please publish the total amount paid to each
of the following publishers for academic journals:
Wiley
Springer
Elsevier
Taylor & Francis
De Gruyter
Sage
Royal Society of Chemistry
Institute of Physics Publishing
I understand that your expenditure records may be held in academic
financial years rather than calendar years. If so, I am happy for the
response to be provided in the same format, with figures for 2014/15, and
2015/16.
The figures should include payments made directly to the publishers as
well as any payments made to subscription agents or intermediaries for the
purchase of, and/or access to, the publishers' academic journals. They
should also include payment for journal packages such as Jisc Collections
agreements, as well as for individual journals. Please include VAT where
possible.
Please see the attached spreadsheet. Please note that the first tab
includes a top level figure for Springer, Nature and Palgrave Macmillan
but a separate figure for Springer is available in the second tab if
required.
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:
Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory and Support Department, email :
[1][email address] or by post: Kingston University,
River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope that you now have the information you require.
Regards,
Lyn
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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
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