More on the Elsevier boycott and cancellations

Jonathan Knight, Cornell axes Elsevier journals as prices rise, Nature, November 20, 2003 (accessible only to subscribers). Background on the Cornell decision to cancel "several hundred" Elsevier journals. Excerpt: "Cancellations by other universities are also likely, says Duane Webster, director of the Association of Research Libraries in Washington DC. 'Cornell is just the first,' he says. Among those still negotiating is Harvard University, which is unlikely to renew its deal with Elsevier, according to library director Sidney Verba. He says that the price rises will probably result in a large reduction in Elsevier subscriptions. The University of California has been in negotiations with Elsevier since March over the rising price of online access. In a notice to faculty members dated 15 October, the university's academic senate warned that a reduction in journal access would be likely if no agreement could be reached. Last month, the faculty senate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said that Elsevier's pricing was unsustainable. It urged faculty to give up editorships at Elsevier journals and to submit papers elsewhere." (Thanks to Garrett Eastman.)