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Four MN colleges reject "big deal".(LJ news)(Minnesota)
Colorado State University to cut 900 of 8000 subscriptions
Four small private liberal arts colleges in Minnesota have decided not to renew their three-year Science Direct deals with STM publisher Elsevier. Under their previous deal, each college--Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Macalester, and St. Olaf--had electronic access to 700 or so Elsevier journals through a deal negotiated through MINITEX, a state cooperative of academic, public, and special libraries.
The four colleges said they were motivated by a number of reasons, including an increasing annual financial commitment to Elsevier, even though the deal was partially state subsidized. "The inability to …
