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This tool is saving universities millions of dollars in journal subscriptions

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Dalmeet Singh ChawlaIn April, when the State University of New York (SUNY) system canceled a big subscription deal with Dutch publishing giant Elsevier in favor of a smaller, cheaper package of subscriptions, headlines focused on how much money the university would save: about $7 million.

But behind the savings was a careful cost-benefit analysis and a software tool, Unsub, that helped SUNY work out how to get the most out of its subscription dollars.

Many expect the approach to catch on more widely as cash-strapped universities try to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.SUNY was facing an annual $9 million bill for its subscription to about 2200 Elsevier titles.

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