<div dir="ltr">The analysts’ expectations that continued cuts to academic library budgets would lead to widespread cancellation of “big deals” by libraries have also not been realised.<br><br><b><font color="#ff0000">“We think that academic librarians, as long as they receive sufficient funding, will continue to renew big deals,” the analysts say.</font></b><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​<a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/open-access-threat-receding-suggests-briefing/2016020.article">http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/open-access-threat-receding-suggests-briefing/2016020.article</a>​</div></div></div>