Dear S. Goodman,

Thank you for your email requesting data relating to academic journal
costs.

We will forward details of your request to the relevant department within
the University of Manchester and will contact you again once we have
received a response.

With best regards

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Dear S Goodman

I am writing in response to your request under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 whereby you requested -

'I would like the university to publish the data outlined below, in
relation to the years 1980, 2000, and each year from 2012-2018 (or up to
the most recent figures available):

1. The total amount spent by the university on all publishers of academic
journals

2. The total sums paid to these specific publishers:

Reed-Elsevier

Springer

Wiley-Blackwell

Taylor & Francis

Sage'

Refusal Notice

This Refusal Notice has been issued under Section 17 of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) in respect of your request for information under
Section 1 (1) of the FOIA.  The University of Manchester confirms that the
information requested may be held but we are refusing to provide it in
response to your request for the reasons set out below. 

Reason for our refusal

The information requested may be held but it is estimated that for staff
to look into providing this data would exceed 18 hours of work. Under
Section 12 of the FOIA we are not obliged to comply with the request if
the cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit, i.e., £450 or 18
hours labour at £25 per hour.  We have estimated that complying with your
request would exceed the appropriate limit.  In making our estimate we
have taken into account: 

·         Determining whether we hold the information

·         Locating the information

·         Retrieving the information

·         Extracting the information 

The data held in relation to your request has only been held on an
electronic Library Management System for the last 5 years.  Therefore in
order to try and collate the data we would have to search large amounts of
manual records to ascertain if we still hold the data.  To carry out this
extensive exercise of searching manual files to locate and extract the
data has been estimated to exceed 18 hours.

However, we have included the data we hold between 2013-date that is held
on our Library Management System to answer your questions – this is
included in the attached spreadsheet for you.

The University of Manchester Freedom of Information Act appeals procedure 

If you feel that The University of Manchester has refused access to
information to which you are entitled, or has not dealt with your request
appropriately under the FOIA, you have a right of appeal.

An appeal in the first instance should be directed to the Information
Governance Office, contact details below. You should include: 

·         details of your initial request

·         any other relevant information

The University will deal with your appeal within a reasonable time, and
will inform you of the projected time scale on receipt of your complaint.

You are also welcome to contact the Information Governance Office with
informal questions about the handling of your request. 

After The University’s internal appeals procedure has been exhausted, you
have a further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. 

Details of this procedure can be found at:  

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Yours sincerely

Holly

Holly Haslam | Information Officer | Information Governance Office |
Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Support Services | G6
Christie Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road |
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