It’s that time of year when we review our subscriptions and call for recommendations for new subscriptions.  This year we will focus on reviewing our remaining print subscriptions.  We plan to review New Zealand, Māori and Pacific titles in consultation with MB and specialist staff later this year, when MB and LAC staff have more time to check that we have got our collecting settings right in these areas.

This review supports the ‘from physical collections to learning spaces’ project, helps with reducing costs, meeting budget challenges and will free up money to fund new subscriptions to meet new needs across the University.  This year we are including in the review print serials we receive by way of donation as well as print subscriptions we pay for.

For these reasons and as the University/Library becomes more online and digital in focus we will be looking more critically at our print subs than we have in previous years as our capacity grows to provide alternate access.

We hope to release the list for consultation with the academics in late June/early July.   A preview of the list is available although please note that some fields have not yet been updated (interloans availability/electronic access availability) as this is still a work in progress by LAC staff checking these details.

Consultation will run till the end of July.  As per our usual practice, cancellation proposals will go to IRAG and Library Committee for comments before final decisions are made, normally by Anne and Helen.