T. Scott has an interesting post about the relationship between Elsevier and librarians. He has been invited to speak to 100 senior managers of Elsevier who are hoping that he will be able to say something that will affect the their relationship with the library community in a positive way.

While he thinks financial transparency regarding journal pricing would go a long way to help heal the relationship, he also notes that it might be difficult and counter intuitive in the business world (remember Elsevier is a business and is beholden to its stock holders).

While Scott was writing about Elsevier, I could not help but think of UpToDate and their relationship (or lack of) with libraries and librarians. UpToDate's pricing structure and their corporate attitude of "we don't care if you have our product or not" is really off putting for many. I wonder as the competition heats up for UpToDate if they will have to start some damage control and improve their relationships with institutions as Elsevier is trying to do.