Jeffrey MacKie-Mason

The UC Berkeley Anthropology Library announced tentative plans to reopen in the fall under a "reduced service model" that limits the space to studying and browsing.

The UC system announced a one-year pilot partnership with the academic publisher Wiley where authors can publish their work open access for a discount.

The UC Berkeley Anthropology Library will remain open after approximately 40 students and faculty organized a sit-in Friday to protest the closure.

The UC Berkeley Anthropology Library announced Wednesday it will close indefinitely beginning Feb. 28.

Library staff saw a need to expand the course reserves’ digital collection as many students were impacted by financial burdens during the pandemic.

Marking a large step toward making research freely available to all, the UC system struck an open publishing deal with research publishing giant Elsevier.

Open access publishing has been on the rise in recent years, and UC Berkeley is helping lead the movement away from traditional, subscription-based publishing models.

UC Berkeley’s libraries, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and Eshleman Hall are gradually implementing services and reopening physical spaces to support students.

The UC system announced an open access agreement Tuesday with publishing company Springer Nature, which will give UC campuses access to more than 1,000 scientific journals.

The letter was written in response to an impasse in negotiations between Elsevier and the UC. The letter states that the signatories will only resume their relationships with Cell Press when an appropriate resolution has been made.