From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:00:50 -0400 One of JISC Collections' active current projects is called "Total Cost of Ownership," defined as "research seeking to establish new models to support the total cost of ownership of journals." Very recently, JISC Collections announced release of a fascinating report in this area. Written by Information Power, Ltd (Hazel Woodward & Helen Henderson), the brief document explains how difficult it is, at this time, to come to a standard understanding and mapping of Author Processing Charges (APCs). For example, they write: "There was a lot of confusion by both publishers and libraries over the difference between the various business models and licensing models. Frequently it was unclear whether the APC payment was made for an article to be totally open, embargoed, available for deposit in a repository, etc. There were also many references to the publisher not meeting OA copyright requirements, with refunds or offers of errata slips being made by the publisher. It is exceptionally confusing to try and calculate any standard APC charges because every publisher has different terms and condition (e.g. number of pages, number of words, additional charges e.g. for images). This report is well worth the time... raises a number of interesting questions about APCs. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Global/News%20files%20and%20docs/IPL-Jisc-Total-Cost-of-Ownership-Data-Capture-Report.pdf Cheers, Ann Okerson