The Committee plans to complete its report by February. More information about the committee and its activities will be published in future issues of the Library News . Each year Library journal subscriptions must be renewed. Librarians have been wrestling with the dilemma of rising prices and stable budgets for more than a decade. Many people still prefer coming to the Library to browse print titles.
People also rely on the high quality graphics of many print journals.
In past years, the Library drastically reduced the number of books purchased. Our experience in reducing the number of simultaneous user licenses to MD Consult as a cost saving measure indicates that users are being blocked from access when they need to use this electronic information resource. In September librarians will be carefully reviewing both the print and electronic subscription lists. If a cancellation list is developed, it will be placed on the Library's web site and publicized by a variety of means. We welcome your comments on materials that you believe are essential that the Library keep and your recommendations for books, print journal subscriptions and electronic journal and database subscriptions that you believe the Library should have.