U. of California Pushes Back Against Journal Prices

Jennifer Howard is reporting that the U. of California is refusing to pay the Nature Publishing Group increased fees for journal access. From the post:

The pressure does not stop there. The letter said that faculty would also organize “a systemwide boycott” of Nature’s journals if the publisher does not relent. The voluntary boycott would “strongly encourage” researchers not to contribute papers to those journals or review manuscripts for them.

Also covered by Arstechnica.