January 23, 2004

Faculty Pressure Helps U. of California Cut a Deal With Major Journal Publisher

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

After faculty members at the University of California at San Francisco and at Santa Cruz called or threatened boycotts of Elsevier journals they thought were overpriced, the university negotiated a lower-priced contract for electronic access to about 1,200 of the publishing company's scientific and medical journals.

For at least 8.7 percent less than the publisher originally wanted to charge, scholars, students, and staff members at the university system's campuses, as well as

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