Stanford keeps flipping publishers the bird.

The latest from Stanford has their faculty senate taking a stance:

1. against big deals


2. for faculty working (editing, supporting, etc.) on low-cost journals


3. for canceling expensive titles


4. against senior faculty submitting work to expensive journals.


5. and most forcefully:
   
   for canceling journals that are more expensive than their content warrants, with the bonus statement of: "attention should be paid to for-profit journals in general and to those published by Elsevier in particular.

When I asked folks here what they thought of Stanford dropping out of ARL, I got the response of 'Well, they never have played well with others.' If this is an example, then I'm all for stealing the other kids' lunch money and pulling dirty tricks at dodgeball. Way to go Stanford! Maybe having a go-it-alone reputation gives you the freedom to say things out loud that other libraries only say behind closed doors.

...cause we've all suggested, after a few drinks, just canceling all the Elsevier journals and seeing what happens.