- Author: Jim Downing
In the past year, UC has announced several agreements with major publishers of scholarly journals, including Elsevier and Springer Nature. These agreements include provisions for funding to cover the article processing charges (APCs) for open-access publication of articles in those publishers' journals. APCs would otherwise be borne by authors.
Under the agreements, UC campus libraries all contribute to a systemwide fund to cover the APCs.
This message is to clarify that all UC ANR personnel – advisors, specialists, academic coordinators and all staff – are eligible for funding for open-access article processing charges under these agreements.
Here's how the process works: After acceptance of an article in one of the journals covered by the agreements, the corresponding author will see the default open-access option in the publishing workflow. If the author chooses open access, the systemwide fund will automatically cover the first $1,000 of the APC to the publisher. APCs are typically greater than $1,000. If the author has research funding to cover the remaining APC, those research funds will be used to cover the balance. If the author does not have research funding to cover the remaining open access fee, the systemwide fund will cover the balance.
Here's a link to a comprehensive FAQ about the Elsevier agreement, which takes effect April 1. The agreement also restores and expands online access for UC personnel to Elsevier's paywalled journal content.
The Springer Nature agreement went into effect in January – here's information on that agreement.
Here's a page with information on all the other similar agreements with journal publishers.
The UC Davis Open Access Publishing site is a good resource for general questions about open access publishing.
Jim Downing can also help answer questions at jdowning@ucanr.edu.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
ANR is closing the warehouse in Richmond and moving its publications to Ontario so no new orders are currently being shipped. Publication sales will resume Jan. 8.
For new orders and customer service, please contact:
Masie Comtois
ANR Communication Services
2801 2nd Street
Davis, CA 95618
mvcomtois@ucanr.edu
Phone: 800-994-8849
Fax: 530-756-1079
Our warehouse is relocating to:
Elite Logistics and Fulfillment
Ku-ulei Reyes
305 Sequoia Ave
Ontario, CA 91761
Returns should be sent to the Ontario address. We cannot guarantee credit for product returned to our Richmond address.
Please continue to make checks payable to UC Regents. The catalog website anrcatalog.ucanr.edu and customer service phone number (800) 994-8849 will remain the same.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Coats joined ANR in 1983 as an editor. At the time he began working for ANR, the Agricultural Publications unit was located at the former Ford plant in Point Richmond.
“The only computer in the department was a refrigerator-sized minicomputer that ran only one program, a mailing list manager for newsletters, with a daily backup onto VHS videotape,” Coats said. “It rebooted every time a crane moved at the shipping container port across the street.”
In 1984, the publications unit moved to the Marchand Building, which straddles the borders of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville, and then in 1990 its production team moved to Davis.
In 1990 and again in 1992, Coats served as acting managing editor of UC's peer-reviewed journal California Agriculture. In 1992, he became acting manager of Ag Pubs until it merged with ANR Visual Media to become Communication Services. In 1995, he returned to working as a principal editor, a position he has held for the past 20 years, fine-tuning the language and organization of written communication ranging from major books (such as The Home Orchard, Diseases of Temperate Zone Tree Fruit and Nut Crops, and many more) to research impact articles and employee news.
Over the years, he has received several honors for his work from UC ANR and from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), including its 2006 Award of Excellence in Publishing, and has served the professional organization in various leadership capacities.
Coats, a musician, plays Celtic music with Riggity Jig, bluegrass with the Narrow Gauge String Band and the New Lost City Studebakers, and rock 'n' roll with the ACE X-Tension Chords. He also teaches free ukulele lessons every Saturday at Nicholson's MusiCafé in Folsom. In retirement, Coats, who has published poems in the Yolo Crow and has two photographs in the forthcoming 2016 Sutter Buttes Calendar, intends to pursue poetry, writing and photography as well as his music. He looks forward to spending a lot more time with friends and in the outdoors, and has plans for extensive travel and adventure, both near and far.