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Subscription Review Update 4/26: Initial list of proposed cancellations

April 26, 2021

UW Libraries librarians and staff have been working over the last few months on the subscription review to address the shortfall in the permanent budget for the  2019-2021 biennium to keep pace with serials cost inflation, and to prepare for the possibility of a flat or decreased budget for collections in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. In our March update we shared our Principles and Rubric for Subscription Review. Subject Librarians used these principles and rubric as a framework to compile the initial list of proposed subscriptions for cancellation, guided by journal value data, departmental expertise and knowledge of cross-disciplinary teaching and research at UW.

As stated in the Principles and Rubric for Subscription review, our goal is to be collaborative and transparent in this process. We are making this list publicly available and invite feedback from the UW community. Instructions for submitting feedback are on the page. The deadline for preliminary review and comments is Friday August 13, 2021. The last day for all comments is October 12, 2021.

 

Denise Pan

Associate Dean of University Libraries for Collections and Content