Purdue University Libraries Provides Update on Negotiations With Elsevier, Will Move to a Title-by-Title Contract for 2021

UPDATED POST November 25, 2020 Libraries Reaffirms Commitment to Resource Access

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From Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies:

In October 2020, we announced that Purdue University and its regional campuses had entered into contract negotiations with major for-profit academic publisher, Elsevier. Today, we write to you with an update on these negotiations and next steps.

Our negotiation team met with Elsevier again this fall. After multiple rounds of proposal reviews that failed to address our needs, and much discussion and deliberation, we concluded that the only appropriate path forward was to commit to a one-year, title-by-title contract for 2021. This decision was informed by local usage data, as well as data from Unsub, a tool that identifies high value titles and projects future spending. The great news is that Unsub revealed a high rate of usage retention under the new title-by-title model. West Lafayette campus is projected to retain access to 90% of its usage, while Purdue Northwest and Fort Wayne are projected to retain 88% and 85% of their usage, respectively.

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See Also: From Earlier This Month: A Message from the Vice Provost: University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press to Cancel Elsevier Subscription Package (via UDel Library)

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