Shortly before Christmas, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) announced that it had “reached an agreement in principle” with Elsevier “that marks a milestone in the Netherlands’ transition to Open Access scholarly publishing and provides Dutch researchers with continued subscription access to high-quality research.” The agreement ended a standoff between Elsevier and Dutch academics and politicians, who threatened a mass boycott of subscriptions to Elsevier publications unless their content moved towards open access. …
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