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<p id="m_2561532781013216037yui_3_17_2_1_1512107712809_985" style="margin:0px 0px 10px">Hi all,</p>
<p id="m_2561532781013216037yui_3_17_2_1_1512107712809_985" style="margin:0px 0px 10px">A colleague in New Zealand, Dr Mark C Wilson, has used Official Information requests and appeals over the past 3.5 years to obtain &quot;fairly complete information on NZ university expenditure
 on journals by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor &amp; Francis 2013-2016”. </p>
<p id="m_2561532781013216037yui_3_17_2_1_1512107712809_985" style="margin:0px 0px 10px">The slightly processed data is here:  <a href="https://figshare.com/articles/Spreadsheet_of_journal_subscription_costs/5656069/1" id="m_2561532781013216037yui_3_17_2_1_1512107712809_989" style="color:rgb(0,112,168);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://figshare.com/<wbr>articles/Spreadsheet_of_<wbr>journal_subscription_costs/<wbr>5656069/1</a> and
 the raw replies here: <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5656054" style="color:rgb(0,112,168);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><b>https://doi.org/10.6084/<wbr>m9.figshare.5656054</b></a></p>
The numbers are eye opening. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Elsevier 2016 expenditure:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Auckland University (33,000 students and 2200 staff) $1.55 million (~£780,000)</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Otago University (19,000 students and 1600 staff) $1.59 million (~£790,000)</span></li></ul>
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Danny</p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Dr Danny Kingsley<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Deputy Director - Scholarly Communication &amp; Research Services<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Cambridge University Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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