Journal publishers’ Big Deals: Are they worth it?

Evaluating the cost/benefit of the 'Big Deal' at the Universite de Montreal.

"At each stage of the process of analysis and renegotiations, we created multiple opportunities for discussion among our personnel, the faculty union, departments, senior administrators, and students’ groups. Every effort was made to remind members of our community of their role in the scholarly publishing ecosystem and of the alternatives available to them, starting with Open Access publishing...."