Forthcoming IReL Cancellations - Message from Librarian January 29th 2010

Dear Colleagues,

You will be aware that the current round of IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) funding came to an end in December 2009. The IUA Librarians' Group is engaged in positive discussions with the HEA and others to secure funding for IReL for 2010 onwards but it is likely that this will be at significantly reduced levels. Due to increasing publisher costs and other factors it is necessary for some IReL resources to be cancelled even if IReL funding were to be maintained at pre-2010 levels. Arising from this, and in the first of what will probably be a number of cancellation processes, the resources listed at: IReL News will shortly become unavailable through IReL. These resources have been identified for cancellation because they incur the highest cost per use.

The Library regrets the cancellation of any resource. We are working with our colleagues, the HEA, university senior officers and others to maintain access to as many resources through IReL as possible. We will keep you updated as the situation evolves but in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact us with any comments or queries.

For comments or queries please contact Monica Crump at monica.crump@nuigalway.ie or Ext. 3765, your subject librarian or your research librarian.


Best wishes,

John Cox
University Librarian

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