The library was assigned a 2.2% reallocation from our Operations & Maintenance budget for FY-2026, which will primarily impact our collections budget. In addition to this cut, the cost of our subscription resources (databases, journals, ebooks, videos, etc.) increases an average of 5% annually. Due to these factors, the library must make painful decisions regarding renewals and cancellations this year.
In balancing the many needs of our campus community, library leadership will make collections decisions that prioritize:
- media or full-text content over search tools (i.e. indexes and abstracts);
- content not available to us from other libraries through interlibrary loan; and
- resources that allow us to keep access to purchased content even after cancellation.
The scope of these cuts will impact resources considered core across all departments. Because subscriptions start at different times of the year, the library will be finalizing decisions on an ongoing basis. See below for a current list of confirmed cancellations. Book budgets will also be reduced.
We are committed to continuing our support for faculty, staff, and students, including interlibrary loan service; consultations with liaison librarians about research, open access materials, course materials, and assignment design; continued purchasing of course ebooks and streaming videos.
Confirmed Cancellations
Effective July 2025
- Choice Reviews Online
- Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO)
- Grove Dictionary of Art (Grove Art Online)
- MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO)
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
- Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
Effective September 2025
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest)
- ENVIROnetBASE (Taylor & Francis)
- iPOLL (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research)
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - LLBA (ProQuest)
- Psychology Database (ProQuest)
- Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)
Effective October 2025
- Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
Effective January 2026
- Annual Reviews
- APA PsycInfo® (ProQuest)
- ASCE Journals & Proceedings Packages (American Society of Civil Engineers)
- ASME Digital Collection Journals (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- BizMiner
- Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
- MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society)
- Project Muse Premium
- Resource for College Libraries (RCL)
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Effective April 2026
- PhilPapers
For questions/comments please email lib.d.umn.edu.