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Could subscriptions for academic journals go the way of pay phones?

  • Written by Donald A. Barclay, Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced
imageShould the public pay to read research?Barry Silver, CC BY

The cost of academic journals has increased steeply over the past few decades and continues to climb. Academic libraries, already caught in an economic squeeze, are finding it difficult to acquire new journal subscriptions or, in the worst case, are even canceling existing subscriptions.

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