BOG vice-president resources Marc Joyal started his presentation by talking about how the U of O is facing an estimated $14.6-million deficit for the current fiscal year, a period that ends on April 30, 2017.
library subscriptions
Debating whether or not the U of O’s decision to cancel these subscriptions is a good or bad idea is really beside the point. The main issue here is the process by which the decision is made in the first place.
Last month, the University of Ottawa released a strategy to cut costs by reducing spending on subscriptions to thousands of online and print journals and databases to meet the balance of $1.527 million by Dec. 2016.
