Open Access News

News from the open access movement


Wednesday, April 29, 2009

More on the deepening access crisis

Charles Bailey, Seven ARL Libraries Face Major Planned or Potential Budget Cuts, DigitalKoans, April 28, 2009.  Excerpt:

Seven Association of Research Libraries member libraries are facing major planned or potential budget cuts....These examples suggest that significant budget cuts may be widespread in ARL libraries.

The Cornell University Library will have to cut around about $944,000 from the fiscal year 2010 materials budget.

The Emory University Libraries have "already cut $200,000 from the current (2008/2009) collections budget" and more cuts are planned in FY 2010....

The MIT Libraries are faced with a $1.4 million budget cut this summer....

The UCLA Libraries are facing a cut of over $400,00 this year alone....

The University of Tennessee Libraries sent a February 16th memo to deans, department heads, and library representatives saying that they were "facing a potential 8% base budget cut. This cut represents reductions totaling $1,343,299 from the library’s operations, personnel, and collections budget." ...

The University of Washington Libraries have submitted a business plan to the Provost and Executive Vice President that reflects "levels of reduction in central support of 8%, 10%, and 12%." In dollar terms, these reductions are $2,457,962, $3,072,452, and $$3,686,943 respectively.

The Yale University Library is cutting its collection budget for the first time due to budget shortfalls....

Related post: "University of Florida Libraries Propose to Cut Budget by over $2.6 Million.

PS:  I've argued that the recession will have mixed results for OA, but will strengthen the case for it.