Scholars seek open access in academic journal deal – Wikitribune

"A coalition of around 200 German institutions and libraries is boycotting the academic publishing house Elsevier  in an attempt to secure open access and fair pricing. Under the banner of Projekt DEAL, a spontaneous grouping of universities, universities of applied science, research institutes, and state libraries is seeking to negotiate nationwide licensing agreements with three major academic publishers for their entire e‑journal portfolios. About a third of the participating institutions canceled their subscriptions during 2017 and the remainder did so on 1 January 2018. Projekt DEAL proposes a novel Publish&Read model that would..."