The Emory Libraries have negotiated with the publisher Elsevier for a smaller and less expensive collection of journals, which is better tailored to Emory’s research and teaching and meets current budgetary reductions. This new, more sustainable, collection consists of around 590 journals and represents a cost savings of approximately $655K for the Libraries.
Starting January 2026, Emory faculty, staff, and students will no longer have direct access to discontinued Elsevier journals. Journals were reviewed by subject librarians and informationists using a variety of use, availability, citation, publication, and open access metrics, along with community input from Spring 2026.
We will retain access to a significant number of discontinued Elsevier journal articles by way of ongoing subscriptions (such as Clinical Key), purchased backfiles and open access copies. We are also committed to providing efficient and quick access to needed articles from discontinued Elsevier journals for Emory faculty, students, and staff at no cost to you. We encourage you to read these Elsevier Journal FAQs for more detail on how titles were chosen, what access we will maintain, and how we are managing alternative access to Elsevier content. Our new Expedited Article Delivery has now been integrated with Libkey and will continue to allow for quick access to selected discontinued journal content.
We appreciate your input as always and will continue to share and respond to feedback about collections needs and decisions and adjust as is feasible.