The Future of Journals Project
The Future of Journals project began in January 2021 to address the combination of increasing costs of “Big Deal” journal bundling packages imposed by academic journal publishers and our shrinking state budget. By phasing out renewals of journal packages and phasing in an article delivery system that provides materials just in time instead of just in case, we have been able to provide articles on an individual basis at the same speed and convenience without major impact on the resources and services our faculty and students rely on. As a result, we are transitioning away from the Future of Journals Project to the Future of Collections to highlight our more sustainable and nimble approach for providing access to scholarly information.
We remain committed to supporting sustainable scholarship by implementing alternative means of accessing scholarly information, providing access at the point of need instead of just in case.
Future of Journals News Roundup
SPARC Unbundling Series Profile
How much has the project saved UConn since 2020?
Check out our Collections by the numbers page for our estimated savings and how we spend our collections budget.
Original UConn Future of Journals Committee Members
Robert Astur, Professor, Department of Psychology
Brian Boecherer, Executive Director, Early College Programs
Thomas Briggs, PhD student, Department of Political Science
Jessica de Perio Wittman, Director/Associate Professor, UConn Law Library
Pamela Diggle, Department Head/Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stuart Duncan, Director of Fellowship, Outreach, and Programming, The Graduate School
Kevin Fitzgerald, MPA student, Department of Public Policy
Anne Langley, Dean, UConn Library
Carl Lejuez, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Senjie Lin, Professor, Marine Sciences
Ruth Lucas, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Kevin McEvoy, Assistant Professor in Residence, Marketing
Grace Morris, Research Development Specialist, InCHIP
Roxanne Peck, AUL for Collections & Discovery, UConn Library
Sylvia Schafer, Professor, Department of History
Leslie Shor, Associate Dean, School of Engineering
Fiona Somerset, Professor, English/Literatures Cultures and Languages
Katherine Spinnato, Director of Academic Affairs, USG Academic Affairs
Olga Vinogradova, Professor, School of Pharmacy
Sandra Weller, Board of Trustee Professor, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Lisa Williamson, DMA student, Music Department
Sarah Woulfin, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Steven Zinn, Department Head/Professor, Department of Animal Science
Want to learn more about the project?
You can contact us at librarycollections@uconn.edu