Ohio’s Scientific Research, Attractiveness to Scholars in Jeopardy

A Press Release From Ohio says OhioLINK funding needs to be increased. To combat the anticipated shortfall, OhioLINK has cut subscriptions to 490 electronic journals for 2005 and will institute a membership fee for the first time in its 12-year history. The fee will be assessed beginning in July 2005 and will raise $200,000 annually. Cutting 490 of the least used titles from Blackwell Publishing and Springer will save $288,000 annually. The cut titles represent all academic disciplines and four percent of the annual downloads from active titles. Cancellation of another 800 or more titles is expected for 2006. In addition, the consortium also plans to cut database expenses of $100,000 or more this year, depending on the amount of the next operating appropriation.

February 1, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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