Dear Mount Sinai Community,
The Library team carefully reviews the use of journals, books, databases and knowledge management tools each year to ensure we have the resources Mount Sinai needs for learning, research and clinical care. There will be a few new or restored resources starting in January as the result of swapping out or cancellation of lesser used resources.
With the financial challenges facing health care, Mount Sinai has reduced the budget to support library resources for 2024. Based on usage data, costs and contract limitations, we made the difficult decision to stop subscribing to the journals and databases listed at the end of this post. This is the initial list of resources that will not be available online to you starting January 1, 2024. During 2024, there will be other resources impacted and we will add those to the list as decisions are made.
We recognize that the loss of immediate online access is an inconvenience, but you can still get the materials you need from the Library by request. Please use our interlibrary loan service (ILL) to request articles you need from any journal at no cost to you. You will typically receive them within 2 business days, rush requesting is available, and we use the data from ILL to make decisions about the need for future subscriptions. If you do not have an ILL account, please register now so that when you need something, you are ready to request it seamlessly.
For the databases and tools, below we identify alternatives that you can use or other locations where you can access the resources. If you have any questions, please contact us at library@mssm.edu.
Hearing from you about how you are impacted by these budget reductions will allow us to prioritize restoring the most needed resources should the budget situation improve. We welcome partnerships with others that may have funds to support subscriptions to titles that we cannot currently afford.
If you are having access issues with resources not on this list, please check the blog post Access to Library Resources Evolves in 2024 to see if your issue is a known problem.
We appreciate your understanding during this challenging time.
Sincerely yours,
Kris Alpi, Associate Dean of Libraries and Information Sciences
New Resources starting January 1, 2024
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