Funding for the MPower Virtual Research Library will cease on July 1. This collaborative effort among the libraries at UMB and College Park received $750,000 in the first year of its existence. This funding number has been decreased in the subsequent years to $440,000 and then $200,000. The $200,000 in funding for FY16 was then greatly reduced, resulting in only enough money to support Scopus®, which has become a major research support resource for both universities. At this time, It is not clear how Scopus will be retained for FY17.

JoVE and ProQuest Dissertation and Theses will be continued for another year due to collaborations with the University of Maryland College Park and USMAI. The remaining MPower resources (Wiley journals and Taylor & Francis journals, Embase and BioMed Central) became part of the HS/HSL’s resource evaluation process. With an already flat resources budget and MPower funding destined for elimination, cuts needed to be made (see HS/HSL Flat Funded = 1600 Journals Cancelled). Wiley, and Taylor and Francis journals were integrated into the HS/HSL collection as was Embase.