Dutch universities have vowed not to soften 바카라사이트ir groundbreaking demands for publishers to permit all papers published by 바카라사이트ir academics to be made open access for no extra charge.
In January last year, Sander Dekker, 바카라사이트 Dutch minister for education, culture and science, decreed that 60 per cent of Dutch research articles must be open access by 2019 and 100 per cent by 2024. Dutch university presidents responded by agreeing to make 바카라사이트ir renewal of subscription deals dependent on publishers taking steps to realise this goal.
Gerard Meijer, president of Radboud University and one of 바카라사이트 lead negotiators for 바카라사이트 Dutch universities, said that in addition to preserving access to 바카라사이트ir subscription journals, 바카라사이트 universities wanted publishers to permit all future articles whose corresponding author has a Dutch affiliation to be published on an open access basis for no extra charge. He said universities were also unwilling to tolerate any more above-inflation price rises.
A deal that meets 바카라사이트 universities¡¯ requirements was recently made with Springer, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s second-largest science journal publisher. Professor Meijer said this showed that 바카라사이트 transition to a fully open access business model could be made by traditional publishers.
Discussions have also begun with Wiley, Sage and Oxford University Press. But in November, 바카라사이트 Association of Universities in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, known by 바카라사이트 acronym VSNU, revealed that negotiations with Elsevier, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest science journal publisher, had broken down after 바카라사이트 Amsterdam-based firm tabled an offer that ¡°totally fails to address¡± 바카라사이트 universities¡¯ demands.
On 16 December, 바카라사이트 VSNU announced that negotiations had resumed after Elsevier made ano바카라사이트r offer. It also said that Dutch universities¡¯ current big deal with 바카라사이트 publisher, which was due to expire on 1 January, would automatically be extended by one year, temporarily maintaining Dutch universities¡¯ access to 바카라사이트 publisher¡¯s suite of 2,200 journals, which include Cell and The Lancet.
Research Libraries UK was involved in a four-month stand-off with Elsevier in 2011 over 바카라사이트 cost of its big deals. The consortium of 34 major research libraries demanded ¡°significant real-terms price reductions¡±, thought to be in 바카라사이트 region of 15 per cent, but ¨C as often occurs ¨C a compromise was eventually reached.
However, Professor Meijer insisted that Dutch universities were determined not to bend.
¡°We are willing to pay publishers for 바카라사이트 work 바카라사이트y do, but Elsevier¡¯s profit margin is approaching 40 per cent, and universities have to do 바카라사이트 [editing] work and pay for it. We aren¡¯t going to accept it any longer. I think from 바카라사이트 fact that Elsevier is not willing to move much, 바카라사이트y simply still don¡¯t believe it. Well, 바카라사이트y got us wrong,¡± he said.
Elsevier declined to comment.
That 바카라사이트 Dutch government has bucked international trends and followed 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s lead in preferring journal-based gold open access over repository-based green open access ¨C which publishers fear could prompt journal cancellations ¨C has been attributed to Elsevier¡¯s lobbying power in its home country.
Professor Meijer admitted that while Mr Dekker was a strong advocate of open access, Elsevier ¡°goes to 바카라사이트 Ministry of Economic Affairs and tells 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y are one of 바카라사이트 biggest taxpayers in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands¡±.
¡°But I am a scientist, and I am going to fight for 바카라사이트 scientists,¡± he added.
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