Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access

Germany’s DEAL project, which includes over 60 major research institutions, has announced that all of its members are canceling their subscriptions to all of Elsevier’s academic and scientific journals, effective January 1, 2017. The boycott is in response to interrupted negociations about a nationwide licence agreement and Elsevier’s refusal to adopt « transparent business models » to « make publications more openly accessible. »