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UC Berkeley must promote open access publishing of faculty research

The traditional model of academic publishing is absurd. Universities and their faculties invest enormous resources into conducting research ... UC Berkeley closer to a future in which all scholarly ... read more

Why UC split with publishing giant Elsevier

UC’s main goal since negotiations began in July had been to secure universal open access publishing of UC research, so that anyone in the world could view it, free of charge — as ... an additional $30 ... read more

University of California boycotts publishing giant Elsevier over journal costs and open access

UC wanted a deal to lower subscription costs accordingly—a so-called read and publish ... who argue that free access to scientific articles is essential to speed scientific discovery and is justified ... read more

UC terminates its subscriptions to 2,500 journals in a battle over copyrights and access

As we’ve reported, the two have been locked in battle during the last year over ... open access to UC research.” Put simply, the university wants 100% of the papers written by its faculty and students ... read more

University of California Won't Renew Subscription With Academic Publishing Giant Elsevier

UC announced ... the academic publishing giant. The two sides had been in drawn-out negotiations to forge a new deal after extensions were granted upon the expiration of the old contract at the end of ... read more

Why Should Taxpayer-Funded Research Be Put Behind a Paywall?

The University of California's boycott of academic-publishing giant Elsevier ... with Elsevier for over eight months, explained that "Elsevier was ultimately unwilling to meet UC's key goal: securing ... read more

The Real Cost of Knowledge

Elsevier still made $1.17 billion in publishing ... from the open-access movement. The University of California cast its negotiations with Elsevier as a battle over open access, too. It went in with ... read more

Huge US university cancels subscription with Elsevier

The University of California — the United States’s largest public university system — has cancelled its subscription with Dutch publishing giant Elsevier ... for free or open access and provided a ... read more

In UC's battle with the world's largest scientific publisher, the future of information is at stake

Boiled down to dollars and cents, the battle between the University of California, the nation’s premier producer of academic research ... publish-and-read contract, in which the preparation fees paid ... read more