Mutually beneficial deal brings scientific and medical information to the University of California system
San Diego, 10 January 2004 – Shortly before the opening of the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Elsevier announced that it signed a 5-year agreement with the California Digital Library (CDL), after several months of intense negotiations.
The agreement provides over 300,000 University of California (UC) undergraduates, graduates, researchers, faculty and staff with access to the UC list of subscribed titles, all Cell Press titles and Elsevier's entire collection of backfiles for all subject areas, back to Volume 1, Issue 1 which alone comprises 3 million articles.
The agreement relating to the subscribed titles list provides the UC user community with access to approximately 3.6 million full-text articles and 59 million abstracts. Furthermore, the agreement contains the standard Elsevier "walk-up" provision, which permits all California citizens coming to UC libraries for scientific and medical information, free access to content covered under the agreement.
Although the negotiation period was challenging for both parties, the tone of the discussion was professional and cordial throughout. "This agreement provides access for researchers to the critical scientific content determined by UC librarians over the past few months. The conclusion of the agreement now allows both sides to focus their energies on new areas for cooperation. We would like to thank the CDL negotiating team for their efforts," said Frank Vrancken Peeters, Elsevier's Managing Director for Sales, Science & Technology, Elsevier.
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Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, the company publishes more than 1,800 journals and 2,200 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect® and MD Consult bibliographic databases, online reference works and subject specific portals.
Elsevier is a global company headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and has offices worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as means of delivery. Reed Elsevier’s ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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