{"id":155,"date":"2026-05-22T15:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/collections\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:12:39","slug":"budget-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/collections\/budget-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Collections Budget Reductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to University-wide budget reductions, the Library, Museums and Press has needed to strategically reduce spending on books, journals, and databases during the 2020-2021 academic year (FY21) and again during the 2024-2025 (FY25) and 2025-2026 (FY26) academic years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-2025-2026-budget\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-2025-2026-budget\/\">A Message from the Vice Provost on the 2026 Library, Museums and Press Budget<\/a> (December 5, 2025)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-on-the-library-museums-and-press-budget\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-on-the-library-museums-and-press-budget\/\">A Message from the Vice Provost on the 2025 Library, Museums and Press Budget<\/a> (December 19, 2024)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Message-from-Provost-Robin-Morgan.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Message-from-Provost-Robin-Morgan.pdf\">A Message from Provost Robin Morgan<\/a> (May 18, 2021)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/13\/vice-provost-message-on-library-budget\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/13\/vice-provost-message-on-library-budget\/\">A Message from the Vice Provost on the Library, Museums and Press Budget<\/a> (November 13, 2020)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/06\/message-vice-provost-library-museums-press-cancel-elsevier-subscription-package\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/06\/message-vice-provost-library-museums-press-cancel-elsevier-subscription-package\/\">A Message from the Vice Provost: UD Library, Museums and Press to Cancel Elsevier Subscription Package<\/a> (November 6, 2020)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-to-deans-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15117\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_01-3.png\" alt=\"Message icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/a-message-from-the-vice-provost-to-deans-2\/\">A Message from the Vice Provost to the UD Campus Community<\/a> (September 18, 2020)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15118\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_04.png\" alt=\"Question mark icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/collections-budget-reductions\/library-collections-budget-reduction-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/ud-and-elsevier-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15118\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_04.png\" alt=\"Question mark icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/ud-and-elsevier-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UD and Elsevier: FAQs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; height: 70px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/alternate-methods-of-accessing-journal-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15119\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/budget_reduction_05.png\" alt=\"Access Methods icon\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/collections\/budget-information\/ways-to-access-journal-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternate Methods to Accessing Journal Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Wiley Journal Access<\/h2>\n<p>Effective January 1, 2026, we cancelled our subscription to the\u00a0<a id=\"OWA30d21bca-4c48-a1fe-2da0-3f12245a3c78\" title=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1HkeW0NHscKbpZWRTCNvZ5K90mJ8sqDdOHnRLKM4JZYw\/edit?gid=395862853#gid=395862853\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1HkeW0NHscKbpZWRTCNvZ5K90mJ8sqDdOHnRLKM4JZYw\/edit?gid=395862853#gid=395862853\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Wiley journal package<\/a>. This decision follows the same path we took with Elsevier in 2021 and represents a deliberate move toward more sustainable collection management. In lieu of canceling these expensive packages, we continue to provide access in alternative ways while better supporting the full range of disciplines across campus and redirecting funds to areas of greatest need.<\/p>\n<span class=\"button db-button\" style=\"width:auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/collections\/budget-information\/wiley-journal-article-access\/\">Learn More About Access to Wiley Journal Articles<\/a> <\/span>\n<h2>Cancelled Journals and Databases<\/h2>\n<p>The following link is a Google Sheets document that will open in a new browser tab. This document is viewable only by the UD community with login.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1HkeW0NHscKbpZWRTCNvZ5K90mJ8sqDdOHnRLKM4JZYw\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UD Library Journal and Database Cancellations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to University-wide budget reductions, the Library, Museums and Press has needed to strategically reduce spending on books, journals, and databases during the 2020-2021 academic year (FY21) and again during the 2024-2025 (FY25) and 2025-2026 (FY26) academic years. 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