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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In April, the State University of New York (SUNY) -- a system of 64 institutions -- unbundled its Big Deal with Elsevier. In doing so, it has replaced its subscription package of 2,200 Elsevier journals with a “little deal” of just 248 journals. By unbundling, says SUNY, it has saved about $7 million.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How is a decision to unbundle made, and what are the issues and implications of making the decision? To get a clearer picture I spoke recently by email with Shannon Pritting, Shared Library Services Platform Project Director at SUNY.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The interview can be read here: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpoynder.blogspot.com%2F2020%2F07%2Funbundling-big-deal-interview-with.html&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C9fdb347adab64514ef6808d83521f672%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=BROFzPCVR86NrOLSv4TKHmKEG2rwGP%2BedkGBGnwHaG8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://poynder.blogspot.com/2020/07/unbundling-big-deal-interview-with.html" shash="SJvUQahf8R5wRFIiWFS+TBUKSXFXP1jq54u288uC9nCXd921fyOfd5yuW1oISysTAETyzv/byUuItMyL6RSiGlLjYDOo9Hsxv6xw0czIhv95OHSUHRCWeixQz2aFSjlUN6PUyjTLjltnkzhkX0SwtXUxWyQlzzsa0UlHCv77VZc=">https://poynder.blogspot.com/2020/07/unbundling-big-deal-interview-with.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>