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Elsevier Transition

The Virginia Research Libraries (VRL) group recently cancelled their big deal with Elsevier in favor of smaller a-la-carte journal title subscriptions.  Those institutions include: 


The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) tracks big deal cost data and cancellations.  Their database currently lists a growing number of institutions cancelling subscriptions with Elsevier since data collection began in 2002.  This list includes a prestigious and well-sourced R1 institutions, multi-library consortia systems, and even entire countries. 

 

SPARC* Cancellation Tracking Data