Like units across the University, the Libraries absorbed substantial budget reductions in FY24 and FY25. In fall 2023, we shared a memo, linked below, outlining our approach to these budget cuts and their anticipated impact on our collections. Now, in December 2024, we can share our final list of subscription cancellations and other adjustments to our collections resulting from these budget cuts.
In brief, in FY24, we canceled many print subscriptions and achieved additional cost savings through database and e-journal cancellations and book purchase reductions. FY25 brought larger cancellations of online journal and database subscriptions, for which we sought broad input. Complete cancellation lists are available on a dedicated page of this collections website.
As promised, in addition to further upgrading our interlibrary loan (ILL) service, we have also launched a pilot service, called Article Express, for even more robust, on-demand access to unsubscribed journal content. More information about this service will be published before the January 1 cancellations take effect.
As always, we encourage you to share your questions and comments by reaching out to your subject librarian or filling out the feedback form linked below.
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