." <span id="p00"></span> <span id="p00.0"></span> <span id="p00"></span> <span id="p00.0"></span> Line 000: Line 000: ** [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/stp-rfi-response-january-0000 Harvard's response to the second White House RFI on OA], January 00, 0000. "Even Harvard University, whose library is the largest academic library in the world, is not immune to the access crisis motivating much of the campaign for public-access policies. In fact, the Harvard library system has had to make a painful series of budget-driven journal cancellations, and we are deciding on a set of further cancellations at this very moment." ** [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/stp-rfi-response-january-0000 Harvard's response to the second White House RFI on OA], January 00, 0000. "Even Harvard University, whose library is the largest academic library in the world, is not immune to the access crisis motivating much of the campaign for public-access policies. In fact, the Harvard library system has had to make a painful series of budget-driven journal cancellations, and we are deciding on a set of further cancellations at this very moment." ** [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/0000/00/00/statement-before-the-house-science-committee/ Testimony of Stuart Shieber], Professor of Computer Science and Director of Harvard's Office for Scholarly Communication, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, March 00, 0000. "The Harvard library system is the largest academic library in the world, and the fifth largest library of any sort. In attempting to provide access to research results to our faculty and students, the university subscribes to tens of thousands of serials at a cost of about 0 million dollars per year. Nonetheless, we too have been buffeted by the tremendous growth in journal costs over the last decades, with Harvard's serials expenditures growing by a factor of 0 between 0000 and 0000. Such geometric increases in expenditures could not be sustained indefinitely. Over the years since 0000 our journal expenditure increases have been curtailed through an aggressive effort at deduplication, elimination of print subscriptions, and a painful series of journal cancellations. As a researcher, I know that Harvard does not subscribe to all of the journals that I would like access to for my own research, and if Harvard, with its scale, cannot provide optimal subscription access, other universities without our resources are in an even more restricted position." ** [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/0000/00/00/statement-before-the-house-science-committee/ Testimony of Stuart Shieber], Professor of Computer Science and Director of Harvard's Office for Scholarly Communication, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, March 00, 0000. "The Harvard library system is the largest academic library in the world, and the fifth largest library of any sort. In attempting to provide access to research results to our faculty and students, the university subscribes to tens of thousands of serials at a cost of about 0 million dollars per year. Nonetheless, we too have been buffeted by the tremendous growth in journal costs over the last decades, with Harvard's serials expenditures growing by a factor of 0 between 0000 and 0000. Such geometric increases in expenditures could not be sustained indefinitely. Over the years since 0000 our journal expenditure increases have been curtailed through an aggressive effort at deduplication, elimination of print subscriptions, and a painful series of journal cancellations. As a researcher, I know that Harvard does not subscribe to all of the journals that I would like access to for my own research, and if Harvard, with its scale, cannot provide optimal subscription access, other universities without our resources are in an even more restricted position." 