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But what do we know about these charges, and how have they changed in the past years?</p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A new report, ‘</span><a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/apcs-and-subscriptions" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);">Article processing charges and subscriptions: monitoring open access costs’</a><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">uses</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://figshare.com/articles/COAF_Jisc_and_RCUK_APC_data_2013-2015/3462620/1" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);">open data</a><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">collected by Jisc, RCUK, and COAF to show the state of the APC market in the UK. We have also released a</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/the-impact-of-article-processing-charges-for-libraries-and-what-were-doing-to-help-27-jun-2016" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159);">blog post</a><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">on the main Jisc blog summarizing the report. Here are 7 of the key takeaways:</span><span> </span></div><div id="GroupWiseSection_1467803133000_Leti.Kleyn@up.ac.za_BC59DA010B5900008413000000000000_" class="GroupWiseMessageBody"><br></div><div id="GroupWiseSection_1467803133000_Leti.Kleyn@up.ac.za_BC59DA010B5900008413000000000000_" class="GroupWiseMessageBody"><span class="GroupwiseReplyHeader"><a href="https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2016/06/28/7-key-findings-on-article-processing-charges/">https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2016/06/28/7-key-findings-on-article-processing-charges/</a><span> </span><br><br><br></span> </div><br/><div style='clear: both;'><div><font face="Franklin Gothic Book"><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><strong><font face="Arial Baltic">Dr Leti Kleyn<o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial Baltic">Manager: Open Scholarship & Digitisation Programmes</font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><font face="Arial Baltic">Department of Library Services </font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><font face="Arial Baltic">Merensky Library Room 2.24.2<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><font face="Arial Baltic">University of Pretoria</font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"></span><font face="Arial Baltic"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">8</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"> <a href="mailto:leti.kleyn@up.ac.za"><span style="COLOR: windowtext">leti.kleyn@up.ac.za</span></a> </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">)</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"> 012 420 3876<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></font></div></div><br/></body></html>