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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below is information about upcoming vendor-specific negotiation discussions hosted by SPARC. We had a lot of great feedback from the last discussion on Elsevier’s ClinicalKey and many attendees requested we
have one for McGraw Hill, so we’ve scheduled that for August 21st. You do not need to be a SPARC member to participate. To ensure folks are able to speak as candidly as possible, these sessions are not recorded.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have a great week!<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></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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, July 18, 2025 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kristin Sederstrom <kaz@kumc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Next Round of Vendor-Specific Negotiation Discussions on Springer Nature, Elsevier, and McGraw Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Next month, we'll host another round of vendor-specific negotiation discussions, starting with calls on Springer Nature, Elsevier, and McGraw Hill (with a focus on the latter's health sciences-related products). More details below!<o:p></o:p></p>
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These discussions are designed to reduce the information asymmetries between vendors and libraries, learn from common challenges in negotiations, and provide support for libraries in making the best decisions for their own institutional contexts. Libraries
at any stage of the negotiation process with these vendors are welcome to join these conversations.<br>
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Please see the schedule for these discussions below, along with links to register and a pre-event survey for each:<o:p></o:p></p>
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August 7 from 2-3pm ET: Springer Nature Vendor-Specific Negotiation Discussion [<a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2PDrAQc6gXpHr7Xzl1FGnP0Sdp4PebAuOW8kdkDwwwfsZz14emAHvRhvqCJwIwPGMVHvydA2Rmy1R8mHQtg5shsHMppyg7M7p8vQZsKzCht1N3os8v-vfm_mRzEG85KzSIpJTMTQIXmAbCHTpKbBhQnK785grKJXdkFQVTGyjQHN4EKIsEtQs9inoWOwulUmwtRBIuseAE_4RkpEF1whA8OIEe2f-W29Z9WU_" target="_blank">register here</a> | <a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2gGLxMzWpU1Z4Arqq9zwy4Leve7uo1dXgXwfiFxfqQ9kez14emAEQ2gHz7cZFBpzVShmZGRYxs-UArQYoolC29hG63yOzjZWLRt-NpT_hILxzp5399AyM43DsPKvIrIXGnVbVwel18yYzKIGjtdis_c1Q-xqkQ8YiDfGvq_evQwAqUeTLduIEcTci0YRT_78XPW9YArdpKz5wzOMS_GI9rgZ8CBjQ_WRAx_sF-uMtXrs" target="_blank">pre-event
survey here</a>]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
August 14 from 2-3pm ET: Elsevier Vendor-Specific Negotiation Discussion [<a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Ia2Fr7tCcHE74rRDAZvE5nMiDlAYw-U7RitYel--_vojz14emAFwoKSBzbRoHUGbtIoYpjUh2AX7XSBgu5jKwp_n5mLyKvByVPC4p2VkD0VnHbOXsxCI6F1LfmAuIkz3BLd-5Z-4ruWQcp9xB34_6BBKkTMLnrfLueNDpx1lzXNzmXPqu2mvUMMyFMrRlKCZKn11b4-PeT5_fPa3DRx4lTgJRUoAwuTgnrH2" target="_blank">register here</a> | <a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Tx5LfK9PQPOoBiQSezVtYn4RCx7eTjj07Nqbf4B-ZsUqz14emAGD1g_C6WWVMXWryMOGqV4CLffHpCBZVTIU1CKg7C1Ou-c_3evsC9_6vnbGtAhWjCvcpprOTZbXcMO5Do9T-6uFfdTw4q9IUUHJusQ_zYCpGcmeGeJco1TUhEJpn8sijTF68pUeGboIJVHkI_M8VNRtZiPb_9wO3b24Wr5vGKMfrUV-DTTLvnBGGxg" target="_blank">pre-event
survey here</a>]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
August 21 from 3-4 ET: McGraw Hill Vendor-Specific Negotiation Discussion (health sciences focus) [<a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/28W5d5RtIrI-uGlztwH54UNPesh3hwtV5rN4Bszk6Kfcwz14emAEjYaZ7mdf7DLC04_eYXQnz9yUHKbW2nR0HUOfjtJfJ6JJFi-r4byDcged8evM1GFvdyAtEjnTfpynwzIfn_U_neZOVpnBPuFFlqmQRK3pejEORtOdSLlfYNX9BnUvEe4ywBfDk5GsNJpL7T8Lb3vhThoLccYkCVa66NQcg3saMm3gkdTMq" target="_blank">register here</a> | <a href="https://sparcopen-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2VVBU4JNrqB5AdfpCOcWs3bEsbFMu8bP25_1qKX47yuc1z14emAGmGyVqyd40762C5npZDf3tzSHVKGNF4qIS3kck3XiKrH68znph74qxMKHcIsfik41bRgadcS-iDBEGaLtAXDDZcAL4Z0y00ryJeUMQ0CapfJpXEVIanAyBfmlEvDi6tlhF5qii3NI2F8ipdBNZtmw-p5uHv1fDr9Gn9ioqAthwiOkYjGooxeO8ftQ" target="_blank">pre-event
survey here</a>]<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be announcing additional vendor-specific discussions soon. If you have suggestions for other vendor-specific discussions that would be particularly helpful for your campus, please reach out directly!<o:p></o:p></p>
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