What is the situation with journal titles that are fully available online and that faculty may use regularly, but are not on our departmental lists?
The library has license agreements with a number of publishers and one advantage of these agreements is access to a broader selection of titles beyond our subscribed list. For instance, the library has access to at least 182 titles from the Wiley publisher package, whereas the Library subscribes to only 52 Wiley titles. Only these 52 titles appear on department lists. The Library also has similar license agreements with Springer (over 1000 titles beyond the Library’s subscribed list), Emerald (130 additional titles), the Institute of Physics, and the American Chemical Society. Typically, the library will maintain electronic access to the subscribed years/backfiles of a title even if it is cancelled. However, if we cancel or not renew a license, we will lose all access to these additional package titles. Departments should indicate the merit of (or include in their ranking) any currently accessible but unsubscribed titles. We need to know which titles you value. On our part, we are noti