Your input is urgently needed regarding which journals and databases you consider core scholarly resources for research and teaching. The lists of journals/databases under review are included in this survey link: https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=33218 

The W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library is forecasting the need to reduce collection spending by $200,000–$300,000 this coming year. Subscription prices increase on an average of over two percent annually and the weak Canadian dollar (90 per cent of our collection is paid in US dollars) means that the budget shortfall this year will be significant despite the University’s increase in the collections budget and the provision of additional funds to offset some of the impact of the weak dollar. We have examined usage statistics, the uniqueness of titles, the degree of overlap with other resources, alternative resources, and have explored other cost-saving measures, including increasing reliance on the Document Delivery Service for some items.    

Your advice and feedback combined with our statistics on usage patterns, will let us identify the most-needed titles and allow us to continue to subscribe to as many titles as our budget will permit.  We will provide access, as we have in the past, to lesser-used journals through Document Delivery and through the procurement of alternative resources when appropriate and possible. 

Please respond to the survey by Monday, July 11  https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=33218

Additional feedback after this deadline is welcomed and will be integrated, but we would appreciate your response as soon as possible to develop an optimal strategy. Contact: Kellogg.Library@dal.ca

Ongoing communications will be shared on our website and through your collections and liaison librarians as we move through this process. 

Thank you for your participation.