September 18, 2008

To:         University of Georgia Faculty, Staff and Students
From:     William Gray Potter
              University Librarian and Associate Provost
Subject:  Budget Reduction and Journal Subscriptions

As the Provost advises in his memo above, the University Libraries are planning for a reduction in expenditures for journal subscriptions because of the current budget situation.

Librarians have been working for several weeks preparing a list of subscriptions that might be canceled totaling $1,660,000. They have looked at actual use, how often a journal is cited by UGA authors, cost per use, overall cost and how each title supports research and teaching at the University. This list represents a reduction of up to 21% of expenditures for subscriptions.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to review the list and to provide comments at http://journals.galib.uga.edu/. You can link to a comment form by clicking on a specific title. Your comments will be used to prioritize the list in the event that some additional funding is available.

We ask that you submit your comments to the site by October 17. Cancellations would take effect with issues published in 2009.

If you have specific questions please address them to the following, depending upon the subject:

Dr. Nan McMurry
Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Collections
nmcmurry@uga.edu
706-542-8474

Ms. Lucy Rowland
Head of Science Collections
lrowland@uga.edu
706-542-6643

Also, please contact me if I can provide any additional information. My email address is wpotter@uga.edu and my phone numbers is 706-542-0621.

I appreciate your understanding and patience during this difficult process.