Elsevier Restores Journal Access to German Institutions
On Monday, Dutch publishing
company Elsevier announced that it would restore journal access to German
universities while negotiations continue between the company and DEAL, a
consortium of institutions calling for a nationwide license. More than 60
institutions canceled their individual subscriptions for 2017 in anticipation
for the license. They had to use other resources to gain access to
publications since the beginning of the New Year.
“We
strongly believe that access to high-quality research is important for German
science. The continuing access for the affected institutions will be in place
while good-faith discussions about a nationwide contract carry on. This
reflects our support for German research and our expectation that an agreement
can be reached,” Elsevier said in a statement. Elsevier
has restored access to the universities similar to the way it extends access
when renewal discussions are going on.
In
addition to striking a nationwide license agreement, DEAL is also trying to
gain open-access to papers written by German authors. They plan to engage in
other negotiations with other publications including Wiley
and Springer Nature later this year, according to Nature news.
Institutions'
discontinued prescriptions to Elsevier's journals had moderate to severe
effects on German research scientists, while some just found the
situation irritating, reports Nature.
While some senior scientists could access articles through their international
colleagues, entry-level scientists had to rely on inter-library loans or other
publications to access information relevant to their fields.
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