Marcella Lesher and Annelle R. Huggins served as recorders. Consortium pricing has allowed some libraries to purchase materials they could not afford previously. Consortium purchasing is an important factor in the purchasing of aggregator databases and often makes up the bulk of e-journal purchases. The downside of consortia purchasing is that it removes decision making from individual institutions. Many vendors are beginning to charge for electronic journals that had been received free with paper subscriptions.
Libraries are concerned that they have continued access to archival material.
One solution may be to provide online access to current issues and microform access to older issues. A variety of positions are involved in negotiating licenses. Size of staff seems to be a major factor in who evaluates licenses. Libraries are very interested in seeing a common standard license format. Trial subscriptions are something to watch out for.