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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding from the Scholcomm mailing list. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org <scholcomm-request@lists.ala.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Colleen Campbell<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 December 2018 16:37<br><b>To:</b> scholcomm@lists.ala.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [SCHOLCOMM] Max Planck Society cancels Elsevier agreement: OA via Projekt DEAL or no deal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>**with apologies for cross-posting**<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Max Planck Society, one of the world’s largest research performing organizations, counting 14,000 scientists who publish 12K new research articles a year—around 1500 of which in Elsevier journals, has mandated the Max Planck Digital Library to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>discontinue the Society’s Elsevier subscription when the current agreement expires on December 31, 2018</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With this move the Society joins nearly<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.projekt-deal.de/elsevier-news/"><span style='color:#954F72'>200 universities and research institutions in Germany</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>who have already cancelled their individual agreements with Elsevier and affirmed their support of the national-level<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=f848b614b97ba279.f8489109-1b9be9eb7dc26fc0&u=https://www.projekt-deal.de/about-deal/"><span style='color:#954F72'>Projekt DEAL</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>negotiations seeking<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i><a href="http://esac-initiative.org/guidelines/"><span style='color:#954F72'>transformative agreements</span></a></i><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>as a strategy to drive<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>large scale transition of scholarly publishing to open access</b>.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As no sustainable offer meeting DEAL’s fundamental criteria for transformation has been forthcoming, negotiations are suspended and Elsevier cut off access<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span>last July.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Despite the immediate implication of lack of access to new Elsevier content from January 1, 2019, the Max Planck Society’s researchers and highest level administration provided their full support in the decision. “DEAL is fully in line with the objectives of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://oa2020.org/mission/"><span style='color:#954F72'>OA2020 Initiative</span></a>, which is strongly supported by the Max Planck Society,” emphasized MPS President Martin Stratmann.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Read the full press release here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/505"><span style='color:#954F72'>https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/505</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Colleen Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Open Access 2020 Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck Digital Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:campbell@mpdl.mpg.de"><span style='color:blue'>campbell@mpdl.mpg.de</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>+49 160 9725 1536<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>@ColleenCampbe11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://oa2020.org/"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:blue'>https://oa2020.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://oa2020.org/Executive-Summary.pdf"><span style='color:blue'>https://oa2020.org/Executive-Summary.pdf</span></a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>