The Swiss Consortium of Higher Education Libraries (Konsortium der Schweizer Hochschulbibliotheken) has refused to renew ScienceDirect for 2005 because of Elsevier's high price and unacceptable conditions. This decision leaves the members of the consortium to negotiate individually with Elsevier for 2005. For details, see the consortium announcement, which so far has been issued only in German. (Thanks to Jean-Blaise Claivaz and Klaus Graf.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/17/2004 02:16:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
