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Library staff saw a need to expand the course reserves’ digital collection as many students were impacted by financial burdens during the pandemic.
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Marking a large step toward making research freely available to all, the UC system struck an open publishing deal with research publishing giant Elsevier.
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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.
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UC Berkeley’s libraries, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and Eshleman Hall are gradually implementing services and reopening physical spaces to support students.
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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.
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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.
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After eight months of negotiations, Cambridge University Press and the UC system agreed to a three-year open-access publishing deal Wednesday.
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On Dec. 31, the five-year contract between the University of California’s California Digital Libraries, or CDL, and Elsevier – the largest publisher of scholarly articles in the world – will expire. Tensions are mounting between the University of California and Elsevier as they strive to negotiate new terms for the next contract.
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In a move that will affect many students and faculty members, the UC Berkeley Library will cut $1 million in journal subscriptions and book purchases for the first time in recent history.
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The University Library is undertaking a $1 million reduction in expenditures for fiscal year 2019, a move which will primarily impact student and faculty access to scholarly resources.
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