MIT stopped subscribing to Elsevier journals, instead ordering materials as needed. It saved millions. (sparcopen.org)
MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing its largest journal contract as overwhelmingly positive. MIT has long tried to avoid vendor lock-in through big deal contracts and, in 2019, maintained individual title-by-title subscriptions to approximately 675 Elsevier titles. In 2020, they took the significant step of...
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