The next twelve months to two years will be critical to the future of
libraries as they look for new ways to acquire and present materials in a
time of declining budgets, but with an ever-demanding user base. Full or
partial divestment of Big Deal packages is an inevitable element of this
transition. The full impact of how libraries will cope is yet to be known, but
it seems inevitable that the publishing landscape will look much different in
2011 and beyond than it does in 2009.
