Project Deal: Germany’s Largest Scientific Organization Announces It Will Terminate Elsevier Contract at the End of 2017
New on the Project Deal website is this announcement (in German) from Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (the largest scientific organization in Germany) that it will join other Project Deal institutions/organizations and terminate its contract with Elsevier at the end of 2017.
Details From Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Are Available in English (via Mechanical Translation):
Translation of Statement via Google Translate
Translation of Statement via Microsoft Translator
See Also: List of German Institutions That Plan to Not Extend Contract with Elsevier at the End of 2017 (via Project Deal/Translation via Google Translate)
See Also: Report: “Bold Open-Access Push in Germany Could Change the Future of Academic Publishing (August 23, 2017)
See Also: Finnish Researchers Launch Boycott Against Elsevier (June 25, 2017)
Filed under: Associations and Organizations, Elsevier, News, Open Access, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.
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