Dear All, Thought of bringing this news item to your notice. MIT ends negotiations with Elsevier- https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/12/mit-ends-negotiations-e... It’s interesting to see who blinks first!. If MIT wins, that will be a big win for scholarly publishing world - particularly for authors and libraries. This outcome may change negotiation scenario of all consortia and institutions across the world. Let’s wish MIT to win this....if they win, The institutional repositories will be stronger and more impactful. Best Regards, Anand. *Anand Byrappa Ph.D.* Head - Office of Data and Library Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560012. INDIA. Office Phone: 91-80-2293 2408 -- Thanks, Anand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.