Letter to Elsevier Editors in UC [U of California] System
peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-02-28
Summary:
[This undated letter was apparently sent before U California announced that it was cancelling its Elsevier journals, February 28, 2019.]
"We are writing to you in your capacity as a UC-based editor of an Elsevier journal. You might be following the University of California’s (UC) ScienceDirect renewal discussions, and as such, we would like to provide you with an update regarding the latest developments....
Despite our best efforts, it is still possible we may not reach an agreement. Given the flexibility and uniqueness of our offer this would be disappointing and not the outcome we want. We are making every effort to prevent a scenario where the UC loses access to new Elsevier content...."