From: Anna Creech <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:08:58 -0500

CRKN to Terminate National Agreement with the ACS

November 26, 2012

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced a
decision to terminate the national license agreement it has held with
the American Chemical Society (ACS) since 2001 for its Web Editions
and Legacy Archives products.  Termination of the CRKN-ACS license
will take effect at the end of 2013, at which time participating
libraries may choose to contract directly with ACS or implement
alternate arrangements.

The decision to terminate the national agreement was taken by the CRKN
Board of Directors after the organization’s negotiating team was
unable to reach a renewal agreement with ACS, owing to fundamental
issues with the new pricing model adopted by ACS for its international
(non-US) library and consortia customers.

more: http://www.crkn.ca/communications/crkn-to-terminate-national-agreement-with-the-acs