Iowa State University, Knowledge Unlatched (KU), and JMIR Publications have signed an agreement to pilot the new Oable workflow management tool to monitor funds and administer Iowa State’s payments for eligible publications in the JMIR Publications portfolio. This pilot brings together three forward-thinking organizations with a shared mission in removing barriers to the widespread adoption of Open Access and Open Science publishing practices. The pilot will run from September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2023.
As part of the larger institutional deal, Iowa State University is protected from any price increases for the length of the agreement and invited to pilot ongoing and future initiatives, such as the Plan P publishing model.
The Oable workflow solution was developed by Knowledge Unlatched to streamline the management of OA funds and transformational agreements for librarians. Oable combines the most up-to-date policies and procedures available at an institution to support the Open Access publications in one convenient dashboard. On behalf of Iowa State University, Oable receives structured metadata from publishers participating in OA Switchboard, via the standardized messaging protocol, sent to Iowa State University (streamlining the communication via this back end central information exchange hub). Oable also consolidates eligibility and approval checks on accepted articles with a partner institution’s corresponding author and facilitates the payment of their respective article publication charge.
JMIR Publications and Knowledge Unlatched will be presenting at this year’s Charleston Conference, discussing how this project came to be and why these partnerships thrive as drivers of innovation.
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