Elsevier is making nice with Hungary

For-profit journal giant Elsevier reports “a new innovative pilot agreement for research access and Open Access publishing” with Hungary’s Electronic Information Service National Programme.

Looks like another Elsevier make-nice in Europe, as it deals with the Plan S push in countries across the continent for free-to-read research journals.

Makes a change from here.

The Council of Australian University Librarians and the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group called for a national OA strategy in a joint election statement – but government and funding agencies appear disinterested in a harder OA approach