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UK Universities and Elsevier negotiations: July update Sector negotiations UK Universities, which includes the University of Leicester, on behalf of their researchers, are currently negotiating for an open access (OA) agreement with Elsevier. The two core objectives are: To reduce costs to levels they can sustain To provide full and immediate open access to UK research. Negotiations commenced in March and the negotiations are led by the sector and facilitated by Jisc. Jisc have produced a useful video , outlining the current open access (OA) publishing environment and the role of transitional/transformative agreements in accelerating access to research. The current Jisc Collections Elsevier ScienceDirect Journal agreement, which commenced in 2017 will end on 31 December 2021 and is the UK's largest subscription agreement.   The background to the Elsevier ScienceDirect journals agreement sector negotiations and why they are important can be found on the Jisc Elsevier negotiations