[GOAL] Fwd: Norwegian libraries cancel Elsevier

[Richard Poynder]

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 23:04
Subject: Re: Norwegian libraries cancel Elsevier
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From: "Reller, Tom (ELS-NYC)" <t.reller at elsevier.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:25:01 +0000

Hello – Here is Elsevier’s response to the decision. Thank you.



*Elsevier’s response to The Directorate for ICT and Shared Services in
Higher Education and Research (UNIT)’s decision to not renew their
agreement with Elsevier*

Elsevier is a service provider, offering information and analytics that
help institutions and professionals progress science, advance healthcare
and improve performance. We provide those services to customers at
above-average market quality and below-average market pricing. Our approach
is to engage with our customers to understand their objectives and work
with them to help achieve those objectives in a way they ultimately find
economically attractive, while preserving the quality, integrity and
sustainability of the peer review publishing system.

While Elsevier is working hard to accommodate the desire of some for an
author-pays-to-publish (open access) world, the reality is that current
author choices mean that 85 percent of journal articles globally are
published under the reader-pays (subscription) model, where authors publish
for free. It’s possible to come up with a negotiated agreement at
reasonable costs, and Elsevier offered Norway multiple low-cost options for
a rapid transition to gold open access publishing, but open access is a
service that has to be funded in some form. Norway is essentially asking to
receive two services for the price of one.

Elsevier remains open to restarting constructive talks to help and support
Norway’s transition to open access. UNIT’s decision to discontinue access
to Elsevier’s latest high-quality content is unfortunate for everyone,
particularly researchers, especially as Elsevier cannot continue service
indefinitely without being paid. We will continue to seek an agreement with
UNIT directly and by communicating with the research community.

*Tom Reller *

Vice President, Communications

*ELSEVIER* | Global Communications

T.Reller at elsevier.com <t.reller at elsevier.com>

Twitter: @TomReller <https://twitter.com/TomReller>



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*From:* LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <LIBLICENSE-L at LISTSERV.CRL.EDU>
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson at gmail.com <asokerson at gmail.com>>

Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:15:16 -0400

*Norwegian research institutions have decided not to extend the agreement
with the publisher Elsevier*


"The offer from Elsevier is far from fulfilling the requirements of Norway
for open access to research articles. Nor is there any movement in the
agreement's period against paying for publishing instead of paying for
reading access. The agreement with Elsevier is therefore not renewed for
2019. The Rectorates at BOTT (the universities in Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and
Trondheim) support the decision."

[SNIP]

https://www.unit.no/aktuelt/norske-forskningsinstitusjoner-har-besluttet-ikke-forlenge-avtale-med-forlaget-elsevier


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Richard Poynder
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