Four Minnesota private colleges elect to not renew ScienceDirect

Four Minnesota private colleges (Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Macalester, and St. Olaf) have joined the ranks of institutions declining to renew the ScienceDirect journals package from Reed Elsevier. They stated, “While the reasons and decision processes were somewhat different on each campus, we are all convinced that the escalating prices for many scientific journals are unsustainable and that the time has come for change.” See press release here.