Town Hall meeting on “Big Five” negotiations

SCONUL will be holding a Town Hall meeting for members on 1 May at 11am to discuss the Jisc negotiations with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage which are all taking place in 2025.

The negotiations are being framed as next-generation open access, which has the core aims of cost savings and long-term financial sustainability and broadening participation in research by promoting equity and inclusivity in research dissemination. The meeting will provide an opportunity to hear an update on progress from Jisc and to discuss positioning and communications around the deal.

The meeting will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025 from 11am – 12.30pm, please email sconul@sconul.ac.uk for registration details.