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Archives: library budgets

Guest Post — Diamond Open Access: A Lifeline for the Monograph?

Today’s guest bloggers ask: Can Diamond OA serve as a genuine lifeline for the scholarly monograph?

  • By Benedetta Siviero, Lena Ryzhova
  • Apr 2, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Funding Research Services: How Libraries are Exploring Cost Recovery Models

Today’s guest bloggers share results of an exploratory survey of funding research services, offering a snapshot of a library community in transition.

  • By Hilary Craiglow, Cynthia Hudson Vitale, Tim McGeary
  • Dec 8, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Speculation on the Most Likely OSTP Nelson Memo Implementation Scenario and the Resulting Publisher Strategies

What is the most likely scenario for implementation of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo? And what strategies will that offer for publishers?

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 27, 2022
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

How Has COVID-19 Affected Research Funding, Publishing and Library Budgets? Or, Finding the Truth in the Gap Between Perception and Reality

Publication of the final report of a major global study of the effects of COVID-19 on research funding, publishing, and library budgets – and the truth that emerged in the gap between perception and reality.

  • By Charlie Rapple, Christopher Daley
  • Mar 24, 2021
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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