This just came out today and gives and excellent overview of the evolution of the Big Deal. http://www.infotoday.com/it/sep11/The-Big-Deal-Not-Price-But-Cost.shtml Sally Krash Head of Information Resources Management W.E.B. Du Bois Library University of Massachusetts Amherst 413-545-6865 krash_at_umass.edu<mailto:krash_at_umass.edu> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-4848Received on Mon Jul 24 2017 - 09:26:34 EDT