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From: The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President

Dear Colleagues,

As previously announced and since late 2022, Oregon State University has been engaged in challenging negotiations on a new contract with Elsevier. This has required OSU Libraries to put mitigating measures in place for a period.

I am pleased to report that after much subsequent work, the University has entered a two-year contract with Elsevier which will provide immediate access to more than 130 scholarly journal titles, including 8 titles licensed on behalf of the McDowell Library in the College of Veterinary Medicine. This contract includes reciprocal access to unique titles at OSU and Portland State University. To learn more, visit the Libraries website.

Important elements of the new contract include price transparency; updates regarding privacy/user data; clarifications regarding conditions under which researchers may use AI tools together with Elsevier content, data, and platforms; and more. The contract will end on December 31, 2025, and we will keep you informed regarding negotiations for future contracts.

I thank Dean of Libraries Anne-Marie Deitering and her team for their efforts to negotiate the best possible contract for the university community, and I am grateful as well to the faculty, college deans, and others who fully supported the decision to allow a lapse in the contract while we communicated to Elsevier our resolve in securing appropriate terms.

Edward Feser, Provost and Executive Vice President

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Thursday, March 14, 2024