07.12.2017
Hundreds of German universities set to lose access to Elsevier journals
« Negotiations to reduce journal prices and promote open access are progressing slowly
Around 200 German universities will lose their subscriptions to Elsevier journals within weeks, because negotiations have failed to end a long-term contract dispute. (…)
Negotiators with ‘Project DEAL’, a consortium of university libraries and research institutes, have been in talks with Elsevier for more than two years. They want a deal that would give most scientists in Germany full online access to 2,500 or so Elsevier journals, at about half the price that individual libraries have paid in the past. Open access is proving to be the sticking point in the talks: under the deal sought, all corresponding authors affiliated with German institutions would be allowed to make their papers free to read and share by anyone in the world at no extra cost. (…) »
source > www.nature.com, Quirin Schiermeier, 5 decembre 2017, doi: 10.1038/d41586-017-07817-1
