[GOAL] Unbundling the Big Deal: An interview with SUNY's Shannon Pritting

[Richard Poynder]

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.

 

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.

 

The interview can be read here: 

https://poynder.blogspot.com/2020/07/unbundling-big-deal-interview-with.html

 

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