In Europe, where publisher negotiations are often done at the national rather than the institutional level, universities are pushing for scholarly journals to become open access, in part due to the E.U.’s mandate to make all scientific articles freely available by 2020.

Original publication:Silk, Kimberly. "Open Access Publishing Negotiations in Europe." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 22 Jun. 2018, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/open-access-publishing-negotiations-in-europe/.

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