Collections Budget Details for 2025/26

The overall Library budget was cut by $200,000 for 2025/26. We chose to protect the collections budget and instead eliminated 2 empty positions and reduced our operating budget. But because our collections budget was funded at the same level as the prior year, we have to cut $100,000 worth of subscriptions to cover anticipated inflation of approximately 3%.

Databases that will be canceled when the current subscription expires:

Cochrane Library (expires 12/31/25)
Library of Latin texts (expires 12/31/25)
Anthrosource (expires 12/31/25)
O’Reilly – formerly Safari Tech Books (expires 1/31/26)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (expires 3/31/26)

Journals that will be canceled when the current subscription expires (at the end of 2025)

Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews (expires 2/25/26)
Obstetrics and Gynecology (expires 2/25/26)
Critical Care Medicine (expires 2/25/26)
Anesthesia and Analgesia and A&A Practice Bundle (expires 2/25/26)
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (expires 2/25/26)

Questions or concerns about the 2025/26 cancellations can be sent to Christine Fischer, Head of Technical Services.

New subscriptions

Because our spending power is declining this year, no new subscriptions can be started unless commensurate reductions are made. There are 2 mechanisms for repurposing library funding. Both require the approval of both the academic department head and the Assistant Dean for Collections and Electronic Resources. Contact your library liaison for more information on these processes.

1. A department may permanently reduce its book fund and reallocate money for a new journal or database subscription. Any new subscription will be immune from any cancellation reviews for at least 3 years. If a resource is canceled later due to large cost increases or low use, the money will not go back to the departmental fund.
2. A department may set new subscription priorities by canceling some journals or databases and starting new subscriptions of equal value. Any new subscription will be immune from any cancellation reviews for at least 3 years. If a resource is canceled later due to large cost increases or low use, the money will not go back to the departmental fund.

One time Purchases

Each department has a book fund that can be used for one-time purchases (but not for ongoing subscriptions). In addition, the Libraries sometimes get significant one-time money near the end of the budget year. The Libraries maintain an ongoing list of faculty requests that can be purchased with these funds. All UNCG faculty are welcome to add to the list.