[GOAL] Cambridge RCUK Block Grant spend for 2016-2017

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Dear Danny,
 
Thanks for posting this. Can I ask a question? You say in your post that
Cambridge University does not provide any of its own funds for open access
and so it has no option but to use RCUK funds. You will correct me if I am
wrong, but is not RCUK funding seen as a temporary measure to allow for a
transition to open access, and is there not an expectation that universities
will gradually pick up the bill for gold OA? If that is right, what is the
plan once that funding goes away? What is Cambridge University’s transition
plan?
 
Best wishes,
 
 
Richard Poynder
 
 
>>>> 
 
Hello all, 
 
We have just published a blog post: "Cambridge RCUK Block Grant spend for
2016-2017” https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1463
<https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1463>
Headline numbers
 
In total Cambridge spent £1.68 million of RCUK funds on APCs (this is up
from £1.28 last year)
1920 articles identified as being RCUK funded were submitted to the Open
Access Service, of which 1248 required payment for RCUK*
The average article processing charge was £1850 – this is significantly less
than the £2008 average last year,  reflecting the value of the memberships
we have (see below)
*Note these numbers will differ slightly from the report due to the
difference in dates between the calendar and financial years (see below).
 
The blog explains the University’s expenditure on non-APC costs, and also
analyses the value for money of a few of the offset deals and memberships in
which we are participating.
 
Our full dataset is available in the repository here -
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/264341
<https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/264341>
 
Regards,
 
Danny
 
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