From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 15:19:00 -0400 Were we overdue for litigation about "exact population, affiliation of users, defined locations and IP ranges" In today's news, from ARL: Louisiana State University (LSU) filed a lawsuit on February 27, 2017, against international science publisher Elsevier B.V. for breach of contract resulting from the publisher's exclusion of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine from accessing content licensed by the LSU Libraries. In filing the lawsuit, LSU exercised sound financial stewardship of its public resources. According to the LSU Libraries, Elsevier blocked access in January 2017 to its research materials from the IP ranges that correspond to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. The LSU Libraries' license with Elsevier provides for unlimited, simultaneous access by all LSU faculty, staff, and students of the main campus in Baton Rouge, including the School of VeterinarynMedicine. LSU requested that access be restored, and Elsevier refused. http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/court-cases/4266-louisianastateuniversity-v-elsevier