In 2019, the University of California and Elsevier failed to reach a renewal deal for a laundry list of journals totalling millions of dollars. The dissolution of the agreement was what is termed as a ‘trigger event’ in many publisher licenses. Via this clause, UC was able to keep most of what it had subscribed to before deciding not to proceed, but crucially not everything.
Over the last few years, more and more universities in the US and UK have … Keep Reading
