..., certainly librarians in academic and specialist libraries, anyone involved with budgets and cost‐effectiveness, and anyone in (or interested in) the publishing dimension. Over‐arching the whole debate, of course, is the shift to electronic/digital journal publishing and online delivery in recent years...

...Michael Roberts; Tony Kidd; Lynn Irvine This paper examines the pressures being exerted on university library budget structures by consortial licence agreements and “big deal” arrangements. Particular reference is made to developments at three higher educational institutions located in the city...