The University of California, which publishes about 10 percent of the country's scientific research, paid more than $10 million in 2018 to access and publish its own research in scientific journals owned by the publisher Elsevier. Now, UC is taking the lead on a push for "open access" content, which would make publicly-funded research free and immediately accessible to the public. We'll discuss what the conflict between UC and Elsevier reveals about the scientific publishing industry and changes that may be on the horizon.