President Drake and Provost Newman join the statement of support on the UC Libraries’ Negotiations with Publishers Regarding Fair Use, Text and Data Mining, and Artificial Intelligence Usage Rights.

The team that leads negotiations with scholarly publishers on behalf of the university is taking up the charge of making author rights the next frontier in advocating for the UC research community.

On Oct. 18, the UC Board of Regents approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Effective Jan. 9, 2023, Newman will