Submissions to The Agenda
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Library Closures for Summer
Considering a robust list of collection management projects and faculty and staff vacation schedules, we have developed a plan to close three library buildings to patrons—Art, Chang, and Math & Physics—from July 1 to August 17.
Library operations in these three buildings will be focused on circulation and collection management projects. Patrons will be able to request the libraries’ physical materials for 24/7 locker pickup or for shipment to their homes.
Open Access Publishing Agreement with Wiley Renewed, with Changes
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Center for Library Programs has finalized its open access agreement with Wiley for 2026–2027. This new agreement continues to provide support for open access publishing with limits to coverage for article processing charges (APCs) in certain journals.
What Is Continuing
Corresponding authors affiliated with Rutgers may continue to publish an unlimited number of open access articles in Wiley’s hybrid OA journals without paying APCs for articles editorially accepted and author agreement completed by December 31, 2027.
Rutgers faculty, staff, and students will continue to have unlimited reading access to the full Wiley journal portfolio. This includes perpetual access rights to subscribed content obtained during the agreement period.
What Is Changing
With this new agreement, a limited number of APCs for Wiley’s gold OA journals will be available to eligible corresponding authors. Articles submitted to Wiley gold journals are guaranteed to be covered if submitted by August 31, 2026. After this date, authors will need to seek other sources of funding support to cover APCs.
Rutgers University Libraries have communicated with researchers and research deans about these changes via email, social media, and a news story. Researchers are being encouraged to reach out to Rutgers University Libraries for help navigating these changes.