Dutch lose access to OUP journals in subscription standoff

Negotiators fail to reach a deal with Oxford University Press over transition to open access

Published on
May 6, 2017
Last updated
May 9, 2017
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Source: Reuters
Access denied: the chief negotiator said that OUP’s offer would have involved ‘a steep increase’ in price and that the world is moving towards open access ‘with or without’ them
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#1 Submitted by Protohedgehog on May 8, 2017 - 8:08pm
Just in case people are reading this and think the only alternative to not having direct access is to email the authors of articles, it is worth checking out apps like the OA Button and Unpaywall that provide legal access to self-archived versions of paywalled articles. When self-archiving reaches a critical mass, it essentially makes 'losing access' or cancellation of subscriptions risk free.

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