Reduction in available e-resources
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland has faced ongoing challenges in maintaining its resources due to the lack of an increased budget from the Department of Health. With rising subscription costs, the budget has effectively decreased over the years, leading to a situation where maintaining the current level of resources would result in a significant financial deficit. As a result, difficult decisions have been made to stay within the available budget.
These decisions include a 50% reduction in the library’s book budget and the cancellation of 32 e-journals, two e-journal collections, and the HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium) database. The book budget reduction is already in effect, while the changes to e-journal subscriptions (see HSC Cancellation List below) will begin in January 2025.Ā The Library acknowledges the serious impact these reductions will have on healthcare professionals and their work, and it remains committed to working with the Department of Health to find a sustainable funding solution for the future.Ā
HSC Cancellation List
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
Aphasiology : an international interdisciplinary journal
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
BMJ Case Reports
BMJ Quality & safety
Brain
British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
British journal of music therapy
British journal of psychiatry
Canadian journal of anaesthesia
Cancer Nursing
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery
Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
Disability & Rehabilitation (incl Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology)
Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Dysphagia
European Heart Journal
Good Autism Practice
HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium)
Intensive care medicine
International journal of developmental disabilities
Journal of Infectious diseases
Journal of laryngology and otology.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry.
journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy [electronic resource]
Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition
Journal of Patient Safety
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Pharmaceutical Journal
Prehospital Emergency care
Radiology & Radiographics
Taylor and Francis Mental Health and Social Care Collection
Taylor and Francis Psychology Collection
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