More evidence that faculty can accept large-scale journal cancellations.

"From Beatriz Betancourt Hardya, Martha C. Zimmerman, and Laura A. Hanscom, "Cutting without Cursing: A Successful Cancellation Project," Serials Librarian, July 1, 2016:

"The Salisbury University Libraries embarked on a serials and database cancellation project in the 2014–2015 academic year, eventually cutting nearly 20% of journals without causing any faculty protests...." Unfortunately the article is #paywalled and the authors haven't yet made a green OA copy. This isn't the first time that a major cancellation effort failed to elicit the much-feared faculty protests. I haven't systematically collected examples (someone should), but here are a few others: Jennifer Howard, "Libraries Abandon Expensive 'Big Deal' Subscription Packages to Multiple Journals," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 17, 2011. http://chronicle.com/article/Libraries-Abandon-Expensive/128220/ Franco Toni, "Leaving Elsevier's 'big deal': an evaluation of the Italian National Institute of Health experience inside the Bibliosan Consortium," in 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML 2012), Limerick, May 22-25, 2012. http://eprints.rclis.org/17042/ Henrietta Thornton-Verma, "No Big Deal: Three Libraries Survive Cuts to Serials Access," Library Journal, June 29, 2012. http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/06/ala/no-big-deal-three-libraries-survive-cuts-to-serials-access-ala-annual-2012/   "