The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries is actively involved in the promotion of Open Access at national and international level. Its tasks include negotiations with publishers, communication, and coordination as an intermediary between Consortium members / clients and publishers, as well as the provision of publication data of Open Access contracts running via the Consortium. In doing so, the Consortium cooperates with various stakeholders such as the Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges initiative (ESAC), the European University Association (EUA), the German, Austrian and Swiss Consortia Organisation (GASCO), the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), swissuniversities, the Open Access initiative OA2020, the OpenAPC initiative, Cottage Labs, the Consortium’s Licensing Working Group or the Open Access Working Group (AKOA). Furthermore, the Consortium regularly participates in conferences and meetings on the topic of Open Access to keep abreast of new developments.

The subpage “Contracts & conditions” provides an overview of the existing Open Access contracts that run through the Consortium.

The subpage “Monitoring” refers to the publication lists that are compiled via the Consortium within the framework of the Open Access contracts. In addition, the National Open Access Monitoring (NOAM) project funded by swissuniversities is described in more detail.

The subpage “Completed projects” describes projects funded by swissuniversities with the Consortium as project partner.