[LIBRARYDIR] UC cancels Elsevier subscriptions

[Watkins, Candice]

That is awesome and exciting. Thank you, UC, for pushing the OA!
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I remember all of the Swedish universities cut the cord on Elsevier last year and that was probably a major blow to them as well.

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] UC cancels Elsevier subscriptions

Seems like a fairly big Open Access story. Major institution pushes back on major content provider, and just says no.


https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly




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Washington Community & Technical Colleges Library Consortium (WACTCLC) 509.760.4474?

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