University of California leads fight over access to research
The university was poised to lose access to Elsevier’s journals when its five-year contract ends on Dec. 31. But on Friday [12/21] afternoon, the adversaries agreed to extend the deadline for one more month… As America’s largest research university system, UC believes it has the leverage to alter the century-old subscription model and accelerate open access. Its 10 campuses account for nearly 10 percent of research produced in the U.S.
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by Lisa M. Krieger, The San Jose Mercury News.