Science News Staff, Science; Elsevier signs first open-access deal in the United States
"Publishing giant Elsevier has signed its first open-access deal with a
U.S. institution, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Inside Higher Ed reports. The arrangement, which CMU announced
on 21 November, will allow CMU scholars to publish articles in any
Elsevier journal on an immediately free-to-read basis. CMU researchers
will also continue to have access to paywalled Elsevier articles, which
previous contracts covered with subscription fees.
CMU did not disclose the cost of the arrangement, which has been a
sticking point in Elsevier’s open-access negotiations with other
research institutions. After the University of California system
insisted on a price cut, Elsevier’s negotiations failed in February;
in April, a research consortium in Norway cut a deal with Elsevier
similar to CMU’s, while agreeing to a price hike. “All I can say is that
we achieved the financial objectives we set out to achieve,” Keith
Webster, dean of CMU’s university libraries and director of emerging and
integrative media initiatives, tells Inside Higher Ed.
CMU researchers only publish about 175 papers annually in
Elsevier journals. That low volume gives Elsevier an opportunity to test
the 4-year arrangement with relatively low financial risk."
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