Serials Crisis: Up and Out of the Library

There is increasing solidarity among the libraries whose budgets are in the middle of the crisis, the faculties whose members contribute the content, and the university administrators who wind up paying the bills. They are taking action to regain control over the millions they spend on content, even at the short-term cost of disrupted consortial deals. Whether or not open access ultimately gains ground as an alternative, it’s clear that the current model is breaking up.