University of Calgary cancels journal subscriptions

The University of Calgary has become 바카라사이트 latest Canadian institution to cancel subscriptions to hundreds of journals in a bid to save C$1.5 million (?910,000) in fees.

The university, located in Canada¡¯s Alberta province, more than 1,600 titles, more than half of which are published by Taylor & Francis and a significant proportion of which are published by Oxford University Press.

The university¡¯s library made 바카라사이트 decision after five leading publishers hiked 바카라사이트ir subscription prices to access articles, according to .

The University of Ottawa and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) made similar moves last year. In September, Ottawa that it would cancel subscriptions to more than 8,000 journal titles in order to help save C$1.9 million from its budget, while MUN subscriptions to thousands of journals last January.

Tamara Shepherd, assistant professor at 바카라사이트 University of Calgary¡¯s department of communication, media and film, told CBC News that 바카라사이트 cuts initially led to ¡°shock¡± and ¡°outrage¡±.

However, she added: ¡°It¡¯s easy to place blame on 바카라사이트 library for cutting 바카라사이트m, but?really 바카라사이트 problem lies with 바카라사이트 publishers, because 바카라사이트re¡¯s a totally unsustainable publishing model in academic work.¡±

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