he said.
For the next seven to eight months, library officials will meet with faculty to determine which subscriptions are absolutely necessary.
There's a deep concern about how this affects students and faculty. We don't have many extraneous subscriptions
he said.
Alden Library has proposed plans to lower its budget by several hundred thousand dollars next year that include cuts to journal subscriptions and student employee funding.
The library is required to reduce its roughly $11-million budget by $688,000. Alden is planning to shave off $375,000 by cutting some journals and could save $200,000 by not filling about four vacant librarian jobs, $60,000 by lowering operating costs and $50,000 by cutting student employee funding by 20 percent.
Dean of Libraries Scott Seaman said subscriptions will be reduced; it's just a matter of determining to what extent.
That is a certainty to
happen he said.
For the next seven to eight months, library officials will meet with faculty to determine which subscriptions are absolutely necessary.
There's a deep concern about how this affects students and faculty. We don't have many extraneous subscriptions
he said.
Subscription costs vary greatly, Seaman said, as medical journals can range from $200 to $9,000 per year. Humanities and social sciences are the most subscribed-to journals.
We're down to the point where we're looking for the ones used least
said John Brose, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Brose said subscription fees have skyrocketed in recent years.
Absolutely
the journal subscriptions have gone up faster than just about any component of society that I've noticed
Brose said.
With additional cuts to student employee funding and keeping positions unfilled, Seaman said longer lines could occur in the library.
If you've been to the learning commons
service desk or Alden at all you know how those lines queue up so quickly
Seaman said.
OU senior and library employee Erica Kenison agreed the lines can be difficult at the beginning of the quarter and later in the day.
I mean
hopefully I still have a job here
she said. I'm not too overly worried about it
