<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Colleagues,<br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><br>The existing financial situation has forced Feinberg Library into some tough decisions. Campus budget reductions <span class="gmail_default">directly </span>affect our capacity to support all our current subscriptions for periodicals. As a result, we have had to <span class="gmail_default">cancel some subscriptions, </span>reduc<span class="gmail_default">ing</span> our periodical expenditures by $75,000 for the 2021 subscription year.<br><ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10zreGndWYth__iUnzKkecvU65KHF_Tdoil8mtPCpBgw/edit#gid=1545498345" target="_blank">View the list of cancel<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">l</span>ations online.</a></li></ul>A special informational Faculty Senate meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, February 4th at 3:30 pm to allow for discussion.<br><br>We realize that any individual subscription is a value to those using it. In making decisions, we <span class="gmail_default">looked at f</span>requency of use. We examined every online journal subscription to determine if there were usage statistics available, and then assessed three-to-five years of usage of the title. Low-use journal subscriptions have been canceled.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> M</span>any print subscriptions have been canceled because they show <span class="gmail_default" style="">virtually </span><span class="gmail_default" style="">no</span> usage.</font><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">The library will retain access to journal content for which we have already paid. Also, we encourage you to continue requesting journal articles through <a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/library/interlibrary-loan.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:small">InterLibrary Loan</a>, as that service is still strong.<br><br>Please feel free to contact me or your departmental liaison for further information.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Gordon<br>-----------<br><font size="1" style="">Gordon Muir, Coordinator<br>Collection Development and Delivery<br>Phone: 518-564-5304<br><a href="mailto:muirgd@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank" style="">muirgd@plattsburgh.edu</a></font></font></div></div></div>
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