Options for Accessing Online Electronic Resources in Difficult Fiscal Times.

PUBLISHING & economics; DATABASES; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SALES personnel; MEDICAL libraries; ELECTRONIC books; PROFESSIONAL licenses; ACQUISITION of property; INTERVIEWING; SURVEYS; MARKETING; COPYRIGHT; ACCESS to information; DECISION making; HEALTH; OPEN access publishing; ELECTRONIC publications

Accessing electronic books and electronic journals both on- and off-campus is no longer a perk, but rather an expectation of community members. Providing access off-campus is expensive and requires constant monitoring. Further, costs for electronic journals continue to increase and publisher pricing models and products have changed. A 2019 survey of hospital, corporate, and academic librarians showed that libraries plan to continue using the decision-making procedures and policies they created a decade ago. If existing policies and procedures in libraries are not revisited and updated to meet challenges presented by the Digital Age, options for accessing electronic information will diminish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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