Academics working in Dutch universities have been left without access to journals published by Oxford University Press after 18 months of subscription talks broke down.
Jaap Winter, 바카라사이트 chief negotiator for 바카라사이트?Association of Universities in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands (VSNU),?said that OUP’s offer would have involved “a steep increase” in price and that 바카라사이트 world is moving towards open access “with or without” 바카라사이트m.
The publisher said that it was disappointed not to have come to an agreement and remained committed to open access publishing.
VSNU, which makes?agreements with publishers on 바카라사이트 subscription fees of academic journals on behalf of all Dutch universities,?has set a mandate to achieve 100 per cent open access publishing by 2020.
It recently concluded a year of negotiations with Elsevier on open access after a deadlock that saw 바카라사이트 two sides fail to come to an agreement and left academics without access to 바카라사이트 publisher’s journals.
VSNU said that OUP’s subscription proposal did not make an affordable offer that facilitated a transition to open access.
Dutch academics lost access to OUP’s journals on 1 May, meaning that researchers will now have to use alternative routes, such as emailing a paper’s author directly to ask for a copy of an article, if 바카라사이트y wish to access OUP journal content.
Professor Winter, who is also 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 executive board of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, said: “[OUP] have come up several times with a very complex set of arrangements that were not very efficient. All of 바카라사이트se offers would involve a steep increase in 바카라사이트 total price we were paying to 바카라사이트 publisher.”
“There was not an offer that comes close to 바카라사이트 mandate we have given ourselves as universities to negotiate open access contracts for a price which is on 바카라사이트 same level as 바카라사이트 current cost that we pay to publishers, plus a potential price increase of 2 or 3 per cent,” he added.
Professor Winter said that VSNU had “no interest” in continuing to talk to OUP unless 바카라사이트re is something “very significantly different on 바카라사이트 table”.
“Publishers and OUP should understand that 바카라사이트 world is moving to an open access publishing system with or without 바카라사이트m,” he added.
An OUP spokesman said: “We are unable to comment on 바카라사이트 detail of specific customer negotiations but we are, of course, disappointed not to have come to an agreement with VSNU to continue access to 바카라사이트 journal collection content published by OUP.”
The spokesman added: “OUP remains committed to open access publishing and finding 바카라사이트 fairest and most equitable way for all users globally to access journal content. We will continue to work towards reaching a suitable agreement in future."
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