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UC and Elsevier have been unable to agree to a new contract for access to Elsevier publications that meets UC’s goals goal of supporting Open Access and cost control.
As a result, at some point soon, Elsevier may suspend the UC system 's direct access to new articles via ScienceDirect. LBNL may lose direct including LBNL has lost access to all 2019 Elsevier content; access to most older content is not impacted by this dispute, and LBNL users can continue to access most Elsevier content from 2018 and earlier via ScienceDirect (UC owns perpetual licenses to this content).
In short, UC seeks a new contract which facilitates Open Access to the research UC researchers publish in Elsevier journals. Since Open Access is a requirement of both UC and DOE, such an approach would greatly simplify compliance with OA requirements for LBL researchers.
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