University of California Loses Access to New Content in Elsevier Journals

The university and the publisher have been trying to forge a new licensing agreement for the last year.

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On Wednesday (July 10), the University of California lost access to new articles in the publishing giant Elsevier’s journals.

This is the latest development in the ongoing negotiations between Elsevier and the University of California (UC) for a new licensing agreement. UC’s previous contract with the publisher had lapsed at the end of last year—and the university has since been pushing for a deal that combines payments for accessing journals and publishing open-access articles into one fee.

In February, after eight months of negotiations without a deal, UC terminated its subscriptions with Elsevier. Until this week, the publisher had been providing UC with continued access to its journals. Now, UC is no longer able to access papers published since the beginning of 2019, as well as some older articles in select journals. According to Jessica Nusbaum, the director of communications ...

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