Hi, Yes, Josh is exactly on track, I think...
Academic libraries do track what’s going on over in the next “yard”, even when the details of negotiations cannot be disclosed and this announcement is coming out early in the second round. Perhaps there is a back story and this release is also for the UC community who might have gotten tired of the necessary “work arounds” to get to the current content?
Regards,
Ramune Kubilius
Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
From: "McDonald, Joshua" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:44:15 -0400
That was my read - many in the academic library were following this saga with bated breath, and the UC situation was seen as a bellwether for their own negotiations. A lot of libraries expressed their public support, and it seems reasonable to keep them apprised of the state of affairs.
To turn the question on its head, does making it public *harm* the discussion? Is transparency a worthwhile goal in itself?
-Josh
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From: "Hinchliffe, Lisa W" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:41:31 +0000
I wonder if there is some sense that those who made statements of support deserve to be kept apprised? See: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/09/09/what-do-statements-of-support-for-california-tell-us-about-the-big-deal/
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From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:31:54 -0400
Can anyone explain why this is being conducted in public? There is no news here: two entities are sitting down to have a discussion. How does the publicity facilitate the discussion?
Joe Esposito
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 11:17 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:14:35 -0400
UPDATE AS OF OCTOBER 2020
Following a series of informal meetings with Elsevier this spring and
summer that suggest there may be new potential for progress, UC’s
publisher negotiations team has restarted formal negotiations with
Elsevier. UC remains committed to its goal of reaching an agreement
that provides for open access publishing of UC-authored articles and
restores UC’s access to Elsevier journal content, at a reasonable
cost.
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/uc-elsevier/