German and Swedish libraries shrug off Elsevier shutdown | THE News

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-08-08

Summary:

"Losing access to new content from the world’s biggest academic publisher might sound like a nightmare for university libraries.

But, a month after being cut off from new Elsevier articles, librarians in Sweden have reported only a handful of complaints, while in Germany, institutions said that they have had to deal with relatively few requests for blocked papers....

No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher...."

Link:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/german-and-swedish-libraries-shrug-elsevier-shutdown

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » lkfitz's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.germany oa.sweden oa.publishers oa.elsevier oa.cancellations oa.negotiations oa.libraries oa.boycotts

Date tagged:

08/08/2018, 13:01

Date published:

08/08/2018, 12:02