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2010 Journal Cancellation Project

Every fall the Library reviews its journal subscriptions as part of the renewal process for the next calendar year. The Library must identify savings each year to keep pace with the sharply rising costs for electronic journals and databases.

Because of the severe UC budget cuts and reduced staff, for 2010 the Library is proposing a larger number of print journals for cancellation than in the last few years. The Library will also be cancelling databases for the first time in many years. 

See the University Librarian's letter for more information on the budget.

Journal Project Summary

To identify print journals for cancellation this year, we looked at:

  • Print journals that are also available to UCSF online where we have reliable access to the online version, and in most cases archival online access.
  • Results of a 3-month study of print journal use.
  • The savings the Library realizes on subscriptions as well as processing and human resources costs, by converting to electronic-only subscriptions.

For 2010, we are nominating 123 print journals for cancellation. All titles would remain available online to the UCSF community--only the print versions would be discontinued.

View the proposed list of cancellations.

We welcome your feedback. Please send any comments to Anneliese Taylor, Head of Collection Management, by Tuesday, September 8, 2009.

More Information

Yearly price increases on recurring, subscription-based resources such as journals and electronic databases have far outpaced increases in the Library’s annual collections budget. At UCSF, over 75% of our collections expenditures are committed to annual subscriptions. High price increases can be detrimental to our collections as we are forced to devote more of our budget to purchase the same amount of material. See the Scholarly Publication site to learn more about these issues.

In 2003 and 2004, the Library was able to reduce costs by canceling the print version of journals where online access to full text was also available. In 2005, we had to also select titles with no online access in order to realize the needed savings. In 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, we cut print subscriptions to a number of journals that are also available online.

The UCSF Library is dedicated to supporting the research, instructional, and clinical information needs of the UCSF campus community. We welcome your questions and feedback about the journal review process, and strive to provide a collection of relevant, cost-effective research materials to the UCSF community.