Finland

Status Update | 25 Oct 2024

Prior to 2024, 17 universities represented by the FinELib consortium were covered under a read and publish agreement with ACS Publications which supplied subscription access and automated, subsidized gold open access publishing. Renewal negotiations with the consortium have ended amicably, with no new agreement reached for 2024 or beyond.

Individual institutions are invited to work directly with ACS Publications to meet their research community’s information and publishing needs.

Contract terms were not reached

The agreements were not renewed because we could not reach mutually acceptable terms surrounding shared responsibility and liability for keeping ACS Publications content secure. Please see FinELib press release for more details. This mutual commitment to security is critical to ensure that our customers are transparently aware of their obligation to take reasonable steps to secure the content we serve from actions that could seriously harm ACS. Those actions could include, but are not limited to: theft, manipulation, and disruption of service.

We recognize that different institutions have different circumstances and even different laws when it comes to securing third party data, and we are always open to active discussions that help us find mutually acceptable means of achieving security.

Unfortunately, after extensive discussion, we have not yet reached an agreement with the FinELib consortium that we feel ensures adequate security for ACS Publications content, and that the consortium feels is acceptable for all their member institutions.

Affected institutions

The following members of the FinELib consortium do not have an active read and publish agreement, and are invited to engage ACS Publications directly to review options for institutional subscription access and/or institutional coverage of open access publishing charges:

• Åbo Akademi University
• European Chemicals Agency
• Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Finnish Patent & Registration Office
• Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
• Lappeenranta University of Technology
• Tampere University
• Tampere University of Applied Sciences
• Tampere University of Technology
• Turku University of Applied Sciences
• University of Eastern Finland
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Oulu
• University of Turku
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

The following institutions currently have active, direct read and publish agreements with ACS Publications:

• Aalto University
• University of Helsinki

Bespoke agreements available

It remains our goal to ensure that every institution wishing to have read and publish access with ACS Publications is able to do so.

For anyone interested, we well gladly work directly them to uncover mutually suitable terms for subscription access and institutional coverage of open access publishing costs. We gladly assist in the process of reviewing usage, publication volume, and other appropriate statistics. After hearing an institutions unique needs, we propose a variety of bespoke pricing, content, and licensing options.

Please have a librarian or representative who is authorized to negotiate services on behalf of your university visit to initiate contact with the appropriate regional representative.