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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below is information about an upcoming discussion on Elsevier’s ClinicalKey, a resource widely subscribed to by academic health sciences libraries, with some content overlap in Big Deal subscriptions to ScienceDirect.
You do not need to be a SPARC member to participate in this conversation. I hope to see you on April 10<sup>th</sup>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">Kristin Sederstrom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">Electronic Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">A.R. Dykes Library of the Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661">University of Kansas Medical Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#864661"><a href="mailto:kaz@kumc.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">kaz@kumc.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nick Shockey <nick@sparcopen.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 21, 2025 11:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SPARC Members <sparc-members@sparcopen.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> ClinicalKey Vendor-Specific Negotiation Discussion on April 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On April 10th from 12-1pm EDT / 9-10am PDT, SPARC will host a vendor-specific negotiation discussion focused on Elsevier’s ClinicalKey product. The discussion will be co-facilitated
by Kristin Sederstrom (University of Kansas Medical Center), Eve Stano (University of Iowa), and Susan Davis (University at Buffalo).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These briefings are designed to help reduce the information asymmetries between vendors and libraries and to provide support in negotiations. Libraries at any stage of the negotiation process for ClinicalKey
are welcome to join the call. You can register </span><a href="https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/LPDKxpm0Txu3nDRuFHj8rA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This expansion of SPARC's vendor-specific negotiation discussions into other vendor products was driven by interest from the community. If you would like to suggest specific vendors
or products for future calls, please reach out directly!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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