Sharing the pain, striving for gain

John Cox

doi:10.1629/2312

Abstract

Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community has been digitised and can be accessed in full on this website. All content is freely available on an open-access basis. Serials was published between 1988 and 2011. In 2012, the journal was retitled and is now published as Insights: the UKSG journal.

Highlights

The government response has been a complete reversal of that maintained previously, with massive spending cuts and taxation increases the order of the day
Spending on higher education is under the microscope, with implications for university libraries.The impact of this new environment at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, in particular, is discussed and a range of challenges, opportunities and coping strategies explored in the context of staffing, information resources and operations.The national dimension is covered, notably implications for the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) service
Academic libraries have been in no way exempt and this article describes the scale of reductions at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, their impact and library coping strategies in terms of staffing, collections and operations

Summary

Introduction

The government response has been a complete reversal of that maintained previously, with massive spending cuts and taxation increases the order of the day. Spending on higher education is under the microscope, with implications for university libraries.The impact of this new environment at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, in particular, is discussed and a range of challenges, opportunities and coping strategies explored in the context of staffing, information resources and operations.The national dimension is covered, notably implications for the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) service. Academic libraries have been in no way exempt and this article describes the scale of reductions at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, their impact and library coping strategies in terms of staffing, collections and operations.

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