What we get for our money | Gavia Libraria

"Dutch academic libraries and Elsevier have at last come to a contract for a Big Deal, after negotiations quite a bit lengthier even than the usual onerous run. As part of the deal, some Dutch researchers will be able to publish 'free' (scare quotes because it is of course not free; the researchers simply will not see the price itemized) in hybrid Elsevier journals. The first stab at analysis the Loon has seen is Peter Suber’s; any analysis is quite brave at this juncture, because we have so few details of the agreement. This is, of course, normal; non-disclosure still rules the land of the Big Deal. The Loon is therefore not faulting Suber in the slightest for what she believes to be an unmistakable error in analysis. Of the price Suber says ..."