> I wonder how far California could go on its own in destroying the journal cartels. The UC system cancelled it's Elsevier subscription in 2019. https://www.un

> I wonder how far California could go on its own in destroying the journal cartels. The UC system cancelled it's Elsevier subscription in 2019. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-termina... (MIT above is reporting on how it went for them cancelling in 2020. Part of the same wave, I am sure they were talking to each other). I wonder if UC has a similar article? Looks like not yet in this series: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/ https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbun... Would be good to see! But anyway, UC has done it, and it hasn't destroyed the industry... yet...