Big Deal Cancellation with Elsevier – FSU
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SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is a great organization that promotes open access to research and scholarly publishing. Among the many things they do, they keep track of big deal journal cancellations, specifically with companies like Elsevier. For bit more background on Elsevier and big deal cancellations and why it’s important, you can read a previous blog post here.
SPARC just released an interview with Florida State University about what their experience was really like cancelling their $2 million subscription with Elsevier. How has their library still been able to provide their faculty and students with the important resources they need? Has it been easier or harder than expected? I hope you’ll find their summary interesting and informative!