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 to explore 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.