Timeline | Serials Review Project 2024

Journals and databases are ordered and paid for several months before the beginning of the subscription year. Therefore the serials review needs to take place during the Spring semester. The cancellations requests for Fiscal Year 2025 subscription year need to be made with vendors and subscription agents by September 30, 2024.

DateDescription
March 26, 2024Distribute list of journals and databases to campus
April 26, 2024Deadline for completing survey
April 26 - July 12, 2024Collections staff and Collections Committee review feedback and collate final list of cancellations
August 19 - 23, 2024Final list of cancellations is distributed to campus for any additional feedback
August 23, 2024Deadline to provide additional feedback on final list of cancellations
August 26, 2024Complete list of titles to be canceled is published on Libraries website
August 26 - September 7, 2024Initiate journals and databases cancellation process with vendors and subscription agents
List of deadlines for the 2024 Serials Review Project

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