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UC and Elsevier – October 2019
…it’s been so, so expensive.” — Don Moore, professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, as quoted by the UC Berkeley Library “At first they weren’t exploitatively priced. But the publishers noticed the demand was inelastic and they could get away with selling these things for much higher prices.” — Ted Bergstrom, a professor of economics at UC Santa Barbara, as quoted in the Los Angeles Times “Obviously we would prefer no disruption, b…
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Negotiating with scholarly journal publishers: A toolkit from the University of California
A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California’s 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier Prepared by the UC Publisher Strategy and Negotiation Task Force May 2019 A printer-friendly version of this toolkit is available as a PDF. The University of California’s (UC) 2018-19 journal contract negotiation with Elsevier has been widely followed. I…
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An introductory guide to the UC model transformative agreement
…raries, national and regional consortia) and publishers that transform the business model underlying scholarly journal publishing, moving from one based on toll access (subscription) to one in which publishers are remunerated a fair price for their open access publishing services. Various flavors of such agreements have evolved in recent years, with a corresponding evolution of terminology: Offsetting agreements, in which fees for subscriptions an…
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UC launches toolkit for negotiating transformative agreements with scholarly publishers
…internal coalition around taking a principled stance for a sustainable OA business model. In April 2019, UC secured its first transformative agreement, with Cambridge University Press, and continues to have productive conversations with a variety of commercial, native-OA and society publishers. In response to the growing demand for information, UC has launched a negotiation toolkit that aims to serve as a North American framework for creating tra…
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Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs β A UC Libraries Pilot Project
…as launched in 2023, BTAA developed four new collections: Indigenous North Americans; African-, Asian-, and Hispanic American Experiences; Health Disparities and Disability Culture; and Human Environmental Impact. These collections will be supported by a sponsorship model to encourage libraries to contribute funding based on author affiliation. UC Libraries are participating in the sponsorship program to help ensure the 34 UC-authored books in the…
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ACM signs new open access agreements with four leading universities
…ion for the generation, dissemination, use, creative engagement with, and preservation of information. The Libraries envision a world where enduring, abundant, equitable, and meaningful access to knowledge serves to empower and inspire humanity. About Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business to public policy, the hum…
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What to do when a journal acts unethically
…s://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/ California has its own laws against fraudulent business practices, as do most states. California’s law is called the Unfair Competition Law, and it’s found in the California Business & Professions Code, starting at section 17200. Right of publicity. If a journal has used your name in a misleading way, such as listing you as a member of their editorial board when you are not, they may be violating your right of publicity…
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Part 3: Figuring out contracts & copyrights
…ion.” Get Permission From the Current Rights Holder Traditional publishing business models rely on sales and subscriptions. If a publisher is making money by selling access to your work, they might not be happy about you posting a copy that people can read for free. Not all publications are in high demand, however, and you may be able to make the case that sharing your publication will not affect a publisher’s income, especially if your work is ol…
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2003 Faculty Forums Report
…rastructure to support refugee and other journal publications, explore new business models, and establish an economically sustainable leadership role for the University and the UC Press in this area? How and where should such efforts be targeted strategically? The UC Press and the CDL are already able to support the production and distribution of online monographs. Can we extend the infrastructure and build a program that: Cuts the UC Press’s prod…
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UC Response to Publisher Letter Opposing Immediate Open Access to Federally Funded Research
…ublic access to more research, but also by allowing open access publishing business models and workflows to be tested and refined. Transforming the way the publishing industry does business is complex, and those steps matter. If the Administration is indeed preparing to declare that federally funded research should be freely and immediately available to the taxpayers who paid for it, we can only applaud. In the meantime, UC looks forward to conti…
