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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries joins its colleagues in stating</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
 support <span style="color:#1F497D">for</span> UC's break-up with Elsevier<span style="color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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