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The University of California and Germany have both struck open access deals with, respectively, Elsevier and Springer. Are more such deals in the works?
The Netherlands has had such a deal with all major publishers for years: https://www.openaccess.nl/en/in-the-netherlands/publisher-deals
Norway has similiar open access deals with Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Sage, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and some other publishers.
I was recently told by someone from our library that: "The LSE is part of a nationally negotiated subscription and OA deal with Springer – and most of the other big publishers. These agreements are negotiated on behalf of the UK HE sector by Jisc with the HE library community on a regular cycle."
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