From: "Hulbert, Linda A." <[log in to unmask]>: Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:15:06 +0000 This library does not cancel online journal subscriptions in the presence of content in one of our subscribed aggregators. Having said that, I'm sure we have on occasion, but as Collection Development Librarian I advise against doing that. I'm not doing it out of some sort of loyalty to publishers (or EBSCO agreements with publishers), but because the aggregators are super unreliable. Today the titles are there, tomorrow they are not. Today we have access back to 1997, tomorrow with aggregated content we have access from 1997-1999. If we make the decision to cancel a little used title, we are able to soften the blow by indicating that some of the content is available through an aggregator but we would not cancel just because it is available through an aggregator - that also holds true when the publisher puts some part of the content free at their website. We have canceled titles in the presence of free content, but only in the case where the title is peripheral to the collections. Our subscriptions entitle us, in most cases, to post cancelation access to the content to which we have subscribed. In the case of aggregator content when the title is gone, it's just gone. I won't cite examples, we all have them. As for new subscriptions, the presence in an aggregator database often gives us data on potential use. That data would be invaluable for making the decision on whether or not to establish a library subscription. Linda Linda Hulbert, Associate Director Collection Management and Services O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library #5004 University of Saint Thomas St. Paul, MN 55105 email: [log in to unmask]