The Forbidden Forecast: Thinking About Open Access and Library Subscriptions

Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Collections and Scholarly Communication in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, wonders if open access (OA), and particularly Green OA, is likely to lead libraries and other customers to cancel their paid journal subscriptions. He gives his point of view on the question, summaring the issues and challenges of journals subscriptions, OA and Big Deals.