Come hear tips on how to cope in the new age of cancellation – this is not your mother’s journal subscription cancellation project!   How do you negotiate when you are locked into a multi-year license agreement?  What happens to Consortium deals, big and small, when your state budget is cut to nothing?   Are you ready to declare financial exigency? 

Check out the following program:

Swingin' With the Pendulum: Facing Cancellations in the Age of E-Journal Packages

E-Journals are now commonly purchased in packages, often with pricing tied to historical print subscriptions. As these packages mature, historical pricing is often lost as publishers insist on 1-line invoices. What happens when the economy slows and budgets shrink? How do we handle cancellations and e-journal packages in this changed environment, with these evolving models of payment?

Speakers:

• Bob Boissy, Director, Springer
• Beth Bernhardt, Electronic Resources Librarian/Journal Finder Consultant, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
• Rebecca Day, Manager, E-Resources Services, EBSCO
• Rick Moul, Executive Director, PASCAL

Program Planner and panel moderator:  Eleanor I. Cook, East Carolina University

This program is sponsored by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section (CRS) and will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2009 -- 3:30-5:30 pm at the Chicago Hilton, Williford.