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That is awesome and exciting. Thank you, UC, for pushing the OA!</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 1, 2019 12:03 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] UC cancels Elsevier subscriptions</font>
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<div class="PlainText">I remember all of the Swedish universities cut the cord on Elsevier last year and that was probably a major blow to them as well.<br>
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Greg Bem, MLIS<br>
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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] UC cancels Elsevier subscriptions<br>
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Seems like a fairly big Open Access story. Major institution pushes back on major content provider, and just says no.<br>
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<a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly">https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly</a><br>
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