Journals must be re-ordered and paid for several months before the beginning of a new subscription year, which usually starts January 1. The review to identify possible cancellations must take place during the spring and early summer months. See the Timeline for more details.
After the list has been posted, please submit feedback on cancellation candidates by Sept.7.
The goal is to review and selectively cancel active journal subscriptions in order to meet budget reduction targets, while minimizing impact on users.
The journals on this list include both print and online formats.
Due to uncertain economic conditions and anticipated budget cuts, the Library has estimated that it will need to reduce the collections budget in FY 2012-2013 by $200,000.
Participate in this review with your thoughtful feedback. Make your colleagues and students aware of the journals review, and encourage them to participate. Please be aware and accepting of the necessity of this journals review and cancellation project.
No - while we are very grateful for the offer, in most cases, this would violate a subscription agreement with the publisher. Libraries pay much higher prices for journal subscriptions than do individuals, on the expectation that many more people will use the library's copy.
The Library first identified a list of candidates using the journal cancellation criteria. After review by the academic department associated with each suggested cancellation, the journal titles are now being posted for comments. After a careful examination of both feedback and other factors by the Library, the final list of cancellations will be created.
The Library spends approximately 90% of its acquisitions budget on journals and databases. Journals costs have been increasing between 6% and 12% per year. The library collections budget has been flat funded for the past 3 years. To counteract this trend and achieve reductions in the acquisitions budget, we must look at cutting back on some of the journals we purchase.
Possibly. The Library has already changed most of its journal subscriptions to online only, but some are still received print only, or as a combined print + online subscription. The Library will review these to see if any can be changed to online only and if doing so will save money. Changing a combined print + online subscription to online only will usually yield some savings. Changing a print only subscription to an online only subscription can sometimes be much more expensive.
It is possible that a journal will prove to be missed more than expected - when the Library is again sufficiently funded, full consideration will be given to requests to re-subscribe to previously cancelled journals.
All or nearly all of the journal cancellations will go into effect January 1, 2013. This means that access to journal titles slated for cancellation will end in December 2012.
For most titles, we retain online access to the content published while a subscription was in effect, so we will continue to make this content accessible via the library catalog and in other listings. There are some rare exceptions, however, so the ability to retain online access to past years/ volumes will be considered as one factor among others when making the cancellation decision.
You may request articles using Interlibrary Loan services.
Yes. We made journals cancellations in 2005-2007. Cancellation amounts: 2005 - $585,283.64, 2006 - $199,538.11, 2007 - $252,013.03
The Library is comprehensively reviewing its budget, slowing and freezing hiring, reducing equipment expenditures, and extending existing collaboration with its consortia partners.
Embargoed access is delayed access - you have access to the electronic journal, but not until some set period after the print publication. Typically, this period lasts six to 18 months.
A title with open access research articles makes this content freely and immediately available online, without a subscription. Our subscription gives us access to that title's other (non-open access) content, primarily editorial and news oriented. Cancellation of the subscription means access to this other content is restricted, and may need to be acquired using Interlibrary Loan services, but all research articles from that particular journal will still be available. These titles are marked in the review list.
For more information or any questions please contact:
Jennifer Carroll, Collection Management Librarian
or your Library Liaison
