At its recent conference, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) announced it would not support future journal big deals unless they showed real price reductions. With a cut to the teaching grant and research budgets flat at best, RLUK members believe that unless this happens they will be forced to cancel significant numbers of subscriptions which will fatally compromise the UK’s capacity for research. (RLUK Press Release, 25 Nov 2010)
RLUK Press Release:http://www.rluk.ac.uk/files/RLUKPressReleaseJournalPricing.doc
Following this press release, the following two articles have been published in the media:
Times Higher Education: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414367
Wall Street Journal (European edition): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703678404575636820757036514.html
