Finding the Delicate Balance: Serials Assessment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sinha, Reeta; Tucker, Cory; Scherlen, Allan

doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2005.02.002

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“…Day advises that in seeking feedback it is vital for the librarian to decide how much information to give the user: they need 'enough information to make informed decisions, but you don't want to overwhelm them with information' 13 and 'a serials and database review cannot and should not be entirely data-driven' 14 . Rating scales were commonly devised for users to rate journals and a variety of methods and communication channels were used to seek user input 15,16,17 . Although libraries were keen to seek user input, most retained the ultimate decision-making authority 18,19,20 .…”

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An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project

Murphy¹

2012

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Due to significant cutbacks in the Irish health service, the Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating the National Children's Hospital (AMNCH) Library's budget was reduced by 25% in 2011, necessitating the cancellation of journals. This paper describes a journal review project that adopted an evidence-based approach to evaluate journals for retention or cancellation. A second project aim was to communicate to users that a major reduction to the Library budget was expected and to prepare them for journal cancellations. A decision-making process was designed which used journal metrics and user evaluations. 500 key users were surveyed to rate journals relevant, of whom 36% responded. The process informed the decision making for 80% of titles. Of a potential 286 journals, 73 (25%) were identified for cancellation. It also provided a basis on which to evaluate journals similar in price, impact and coverage which otherwise would have been difficult to differentiate.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project

Murphy¹

2012

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Factors in Science Journal Cancellation Projects: The Roles of Faculty Consultations and Data.

Williamson¹,

Fernández²,

Dixon³

2014

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The economic downturn of 2007-08 forced many academic libraries in the United States to cancel journals. We surveyed life sciences librarians from ARL libraries to find out about their experiences with journal cancellations during 2008-12. Overall, we discovered that two factors were essential in decision-making: faculty consultations and data. While faculty consultations and data have always been influential in journal cancellations, our survey allowed us to explore what roles these two factors played in the recent period of necessary reductions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A journal cancellation survey and resulting impact on interlibrary loan

Nash¹,

McElfresh²

2017

jmla

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Objective: The research describes an extensible method of evaluating and cancelling electronic journals during a budget shortfall and evaluates implications for interlibrary loan (ILL) and user satisfaction.Methods: We calculated cost per use for cancellable electronic journal subscriptions (n¼533) from the 2013 calendar year and the first half of 2014, cancelling titles with cost per use greater than $20 and less than 100 yearly uses. For remaining titles, we issued an online survey asking respondents to rank the importance of journals to their work. Finally, we gathered ILL requests and COUNTER JR2 turnaway reports for calendar year 2015.Results: Three hundred fifty-four respondents completed the survey. Because of the level of heterogeneity of titles in the survey as well as respondents' backgrounds, most titles were reported to be never used. We developed criteria based on average response across journals to determine which to cancel. Based on this methodology, we cancelled eight journals. Examination of ILL data revealed that none of the cancelled titles were requested with any frequency. Free-text responses indicated, however, that many value free ILL as a suitable substitute for immediate full-text access to biomedical journal literature.Conclusions: Soliciting user feedback through an electronic survey can assist collections librarians to make electronic journal cancellation decisions during slim budgetary years. This methodology can be adapted and improved upon at other health sciences libraries.

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Finding the Delicate Balance: Serials Assessment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project

An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project

Factors in Science Journal Cancellation Projects: The Roles of Faculty Consultations and Data.

A journal cancellation survey and resulting impact on interlibrary loan

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