What do we want (or not want) from publishers? Looking beyond the current Dutch contract with Elsevier

On April 18, 2024 Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), NFU and NWO organised a one-day conference entitled “What do we want (or not want) from publishers? Looking beyond the current Dutch contract with Elsevier”.

The conference explored the successes and challenges of ‘Read & Publish’ deals; cooperation with publishers in the field of research information; and how concepts such as ‘digital sovereignty’ play out in relationships with commercial publishers. It was conceived as an open forum to discuss what the academic sector wants from the publishing sector in safeguarding academic values in a just, equitable and open scholarly communication landscape.

This report is a summary of the conference 

Members of Programme Committee

• Mireille van Eechoud (University of Amsterdam)
• Bianca Kramer (Sesame Open Science)
• Erna Sattler (University of Leiden)
• Anja Smit (DANS)
• Ludo Waltman (University of Leiden)
• Hilde van Wijngaarden (VU Amsterdam)
• Corno Vromans (SURF) 
• Darco Jansen, Universities of the Netherlands (also on Organising Committee)
• Alastair Dunning, TU Delft (also on Organising Committee)
• Jeroen Sondervan, Open Science NL - NWO (also on Organising Committee)