Funding Available for UpToDate / Other Budget News
Good news! The School of Medicine has found funding for one more year for UpToDate.
However, this funding is available for only one year and we will need to find additional funding when UpToDate is renewed in July 2008. The Duke community needs to work with the libray on finding continued funding for this important resource.
Surveys about UpToDate and MDConsult were sent to medical, nursing and PA students. While most students would choose UpToDate over MDConsult, the vast majority responded that it was important to keep both resources. The Library will continue MDConsult over the next year.
The Library is still undergoing a budget cut of $100,000. To offset this loss of funding, we will be dropping several smaller databases over the next year, purchasing 50% fewer books (the book budget was cut in half) and cancelling about $37,000 in journals.
We will be posting a list of cancelled journals in June. In addition we will be conducting an indepth review of our entire journal collection to identify other titles that can be cancelled if additional funding is not found to cover UpToDate and standard journal increases.
We will be contacting department and division chairs about the journal review process, asking them and their faculty to provide input into the priorities for keeping and cancelling subscriptions.
I want to thank all who sent me emails with their concerns and who took time to answer the student survey.
However, this funding is available for only one year and we will need to find additional funding when UpToDate is renewed in July 2008. The Duke community needs to work with the libray on finding continued funding for this important resource.
Surveys about UpToDate and MDConsult were sent to medical, nursing and PA students. While most students would choose UpToDate over MDConsult, the vast majority responded that it was important to keep both resources. The Library will continue MDConsult over the next year.
The Library is still undergoing a budget cut of $100,000. To offset this loss of funding, we will be dropping several smaller databases over the next year, purchasing 50% fewer books (the book budget was cut in half) and cancelling about $37,000 in journals.
We will be posting a list of cancelled journals in June. In addition we will be conducting an indepth review of our entire journal collection to identify other titles that can be cancelled if additional funding is not found to cover UpToDate and standard journal increases.
We will be contacting department and division chairs about the journal review process, asking them and their faculty to provide input into the priorities for keeping and cancelling subscriptions.
I want to thank all who sent me emails with their concerns and who took time to answer the student survey.
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