Two blog posts on the Finland and Elsevier 3-year OA publishing and licensing deal

[Richard Poynder]

​

1. Q&A with FinELib, the consortium of Finnish Universities, Research Institutes and Public Libraries

 

https://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/q-with-finelib-consortium-of-finnish.html

 

2. Finland takes a step back in the openness of academic journal pricing

 

https://www.mostlyphysics.net/blog/2018/1/25/finland-takes-a-step-back-in-the-openness-of-academic-journal-pricing

 

There is also a Twitter poll on the transparency aspect of the deal here:

 

https://twitter.com/MostlyPhysics/status/956488745511014401​