As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC’s key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.
We are living crazy times, aren’t we? Almost every company seems to agree that they should focus on customer satisfaction, attract and keep the best talents (given there is a clear definition of what a “talent” should be). At the same time, the same companies, and I mean all of them, are really good
by Jeroen Bosman & Bianca Kramer Changes in Plan S compliant options as of May 31, 2019 On May 31, cOAlition-S, the group of funders responsible for Plan S, published the updated Plan S principles and implementation guidance, addressing feedback received during the public consultation period. Based on these details we updated our scheme of nine…