Post #831288
2025-03-18 14:22 UTC
Wow -- the DOGE has canceled US National Agricultural Library subscriptions to 17 publishers -- but not Elsevier, not Springer Nature, not Wiley
https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library
#medlibs #scholcomm
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@kdnyhan@social.esmarconf.org 2025-03-18 14:24
"USDA’s press office provided an emailed response. As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to “improve government [and] eliminate inefficiencies,” the head librarian of the National Agricultural Library “determined which subscriptions were the most widely used, and USDA determined the subscriptions contracts with minimal use will be terminated,” the statement says." Minimal use? Their AAAS subscription got "minimal use"?
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@gwendolenau@mstdn.social 2025-03-19 23:53
@kdnyhan Speaking from experience, the big publisher packages like Elsevier etc. may be on multi-year contracts - difficult to cancel (without triggering litigation).