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ALT Cartoon depicting two men surrounded by papers suggesting a political campaign office looking at a map of the US colored blue and red throughout, with an image of a dolphin popping out over the differently colored voting districts. The caption under the cartoon says "We've stared at the electoral map for so long it's become a Magic Eye poster."

ALT MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing its largest journal contract as overwhelmingly positive. MIT has long tried to avoid vendor lock-in through big deal contracts and, in 2019, maintained individual title-by-title subscriptions to approximately 675 Elsevier titles. In 2020, they took the significant step of canceling the full Elsevier journals contract – all 675 titles – leaving users with immediate access to only pre-2020 backfile content. Since the cancellation, MIT Libraries estimates annual savings at more than 80% of its original spend. This move saves MIT approximately $2 million each year, and the Libraries provide alternative means of access that fulfills most article requests in minutes.


































