From: David Groenewegen <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:44:00 +1100

So what does this actually mean? That the subscription cost the Dutch
pay covers APCs for all Dutch researchers in all Springer journals?
When does it start? Have the Dutch paid extra for this? How much
extra? How long does the deal last?

David Groenewegen
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Director, Research Infrastructure
Monash University Library
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Monash University
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AUSTRALIA



On 23/11/2014 11:15 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> From: Jos Damen <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:35 AM
>
> Springer and Dutch universities reach wide-ranging agreement on access
>
> Innovative experimental approach includes subscription access and open
> access (Berlin, The Hague, 20 Nov. 2014)
>
> Springer Science+Business Media and the Association of Dutch
> Universities (VSNU) have reached a landmark agreement which includes
> access to more than 2,000 of Springer’s subscription journals as well
> as a commitment to rapidly moving toward open access publishing for
> all publicly financed research results from the Netherlands.
>
> Although negotiations between VSNU and a number of STM publishers have
> been ongoing, the agreement with Springer is the first to be signed.
> Springer is no newcomer to open access, having introduced a hybrid
> open access model in 2004, and having acquired leading open access
> publisher BioMed Central in 2008. The agreement also follows the
> objective of Sander Dekker, State Secretary in the Ministry for
> Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, to have 60 percent
> of Dutch scientific output published using open access by 2019 with
> this percentage rising to 100% in 2025. (...)"
>
> More: http://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/press-releases/corporate/springer-and-dutch-universities-reach-wide-ranging-agreement-on-access/40938
>
> JD