Jeff MacKie-Mason
University Librarian
University of California, Berkeley
Günter Waibel
Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director
California Digital Library
Mathew Willmott
Open Access Collection Strategist
California Digital Library
The University of California (UC) has been without an Elsevier contract since December 31, 2018, and terminated negotiations on February 28, 2019. In eight months of negotiations, UC pursued universal open access to UC research while containing the costs of the contract. Negotiations made substantial progress towards UC’s open access goals, but broke down due to remaining disagreements over both open access and cost. In this session, members of the negotiation team will debrief the CNI community on UC’s negotiation and communication strategy, the data analyses that informed our stance, and the off-setting model we proposed to Elsevier. In conversation, we’d like to learn what information or tools might empower your library to take an equally principled stance.
UC March 28 Press release: UC terminates subscriptions with world’s largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly
UC Academic Senate statement: University of California Academic Council Statement on the University’s Negotiations with Elsevier Publishing https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/academic-council-statement-elsevier-feb28.pdf
Interview with Jeff MacKie-Mason: Why UC split with publishing giant Elsevier https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/02/28/why-uc-split-with-publishing-giant-elsevier/
