The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) has joined openapc.github.io and is sharing its expenditures for publications in both Open Access and toll-access journals.

In a recent White Paper, Max Planck Digital Library discusses scenarios under which libraries can support the transition of journals from toll-access to Open Access. The study considers mean APCs paid and relates those figures to subscription costs and the number of journal articles published on a country and institutional level. The authors conclude that a move from subscription to open access journal publishing is possible without added expense.

The University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München has updated its dataset about author fees paid for publishing in BioMed Central journals.

Konstanz University Library has provided their APC invoices for 2014. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at the University of Konstanz, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.

Regensburg University Library contributes its cost information for 2014. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at University of Regensburg, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.

The KIT Library supports the publication of research findings in Open Access journals through its publication fund. KIT Library is the central library of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The KIT publication fund is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.

We welcome Bayreuth University Library as our new contributing institution. The library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported under the DFG’s Open Access Publishing Programme.

We welcome University Library of Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) as our new contributing institution. The library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported under the DFG’s Open Access Publishing Programme.

Leibniz Universität Hannover has updated its spreadsheet. Leibniz Universität Hannover’s open access publishing fund have received support from the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme since 2013.

The University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München provides institutional funding for Open Access publications in BioMed Central journals. BioMed Central is part of Springer Science + Business Media.