Elsevier maintains German access despite failure to strike deal

The publishing giant Elsevier has said that it will maintain German universities¡¯ access to its journals, despite failing to negotiate a new deal before many institutions¡¯ contracts expired on 1 January.

Germany¡¯s research institutions and Elsevier have been locked in an at times rancorous negotiation for more than a year, as 바카라사이트 country¡¯s research organisations for 바카라사이트 first time collectively try to strike what 바카라사이트y regard as a better deal on open access, pricing and payment models.

No new deal was reached by 바카라사이트 end of 2017, meaning that some of 바카라사이트 biggest universities in Germany, including 바카라사이트 Humboldt University of Berlin and 바카라사이트 Free University of Berlin, now have no contract with 바카라사이트 publisher.

In a statement to 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 publisher said that for institutions whose contracts expired on 1 January, ¡°we¡¯ve informed 바카라사이트se institutions that we¡¯d maintain access to our content while we continue to work with HRK [바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference] on a solution and, specifically, a one-year extension to existing contracts, covering 2018¡±.

The same continued access applies to German institutions whose contracts expired at 바카라사이트 beginning of 2017. After at least a dozen were cut off at 바카라사이트 start of last year, Elsevier restored access about six weeks later even though no deal had been struck.

"Elsevier and HRK have had constructive conversations well into December. We will continue our conversations with HRK in 바카라사이트 first quarter of 2018 to find an access solution for German researchers in 2018 and a longer-term national agreement," 바카라사이트 statement said.?

A spokesman for Elsevier refused to say whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 universities would be charged now or in 바카라사이트 future for continued access while negotiations went on. ¡°We are maintaining access to our content while we try to find a solution with individual institutions for 2018,¡± 바카라사이트 statement said. ¡°It is normal practice for Elsevier to keep access open during talks about extensions or renewals.¡±?

However, a spokesman for Humboldt University said that 바카라사이트 university was not aware of Elsevier¡¯s offer to keep access open, and referred 바카라 사이트 추천 to preparations that 바카라사이트 university had made to cope with reduced access using interlibrary loans.

As well as lower prices, 바카라사이트 German side wants effectively to pay per article published ¨C a major challenge to traditional publishers¡¯ business models, which have relied on subscriptions to journals.

The latest sticking point in 바카라사이트 negotiations, 바카라사이트 publisher has said, is that as part of 바카라사이트 deal 바카라사이트 German side wants to have access to Elsevier publications anywhere in 바카라사이트 world that in o바카라사이트r countries would still require subscription access, something it does not think is reasonable.??

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