Full-Text Databases and the Journal Cancellation Process

Sprague, Nancy; Chambers, Mary Beth

doi:10.1016/s0098-7913(00)00074-5

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“…In this study only major articles were examined and supplementary material was not evaluated. The findings showed that only 83% of the major articles were available online (Sprague & Chambers, 2000). In a follow-up study 10 years later, 20 of the original 79 titles were still available in aggregators subscribed at KFL.…”

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The Transition from Print to Electronic Journals: A Study of College and University Libraries in Indiana

McClamroch

2011

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the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License 2.5 Canada (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncsa/2.5/ca/ ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. AbstractObjectives -This study examines what factors are considered by college and university libraries in Indiana when making the decision to cancel subscriptions to print journals when an electronic equivalent is available. The study also looks at who the primary decision makers are in this regard. Libraries at public and private institutions of varying sizes were included in the study.Methods -An online survey was sent to seventy-three libraries in the consortium, Academic Libraries of Indiana. Structured interviews with administrators at nine libraries were also conducted.Results -Academic libraries in Indiana use subscription cost, redundancy of formats, student preference, budget reductions and usage as the primary factors in cancelling print journal subscriptions in favour of their electronic counterparts. There is also a preference for the electronic format for new subscriptions even when a print version is also available.Conclusions -The study indicates that subscription cost is the most important consideration in the journal cancelation process with other factors also having an effect on the preference of libraries for electronic versions of journals. The study also shows that libraries at public and private colleges and universities are at different Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2011, 6.3 41 stages of moving away from print to an online-only journal format. At the same time, there is consensus that a small collection of print titles will still be needed. The primary decision-makers are librarians, faculty, and library administrators.

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The Transition from Print to Electronic Journals: A Study of College and University Libraries in Indiana

McClamroch

2011

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“…Kaplan et al (2006) and Sprague and Chambers (2000) recount cases where librarians prefer to maintain redundant holdings in multiple formats. Librarians' recognition of online resources' superior capability for locating information, as reported by Smith (2009), Holloway and Sutton (1990), Duff and Cherry (2000, October), and Williams (1996), has been tempered somewhat, according to McKinzie (2005), by the ongoing acquisition costs associated with online resources, by the desirability of resource stability, and by reluctance to discard what has already been purchased.…”

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Decisions in resource management: The case of microforms

Keogh

2012

Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services

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This study examines management of microforms at libraries and institutions maintaining an active interest in their own microform collections, defined for the purpose of this study as those not only holding, but still acquiring microforms. Survey results presented here, which identify factors that contribute to retention and discard decisions -including holdings of the same content in different formats -are considered in the context of decision theory. Findings could inform current and future decisions relating to the microforms discussed here as well as to holdings in formats dependent on other technologies that will eventually change.

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“…Sprague and Chambers studied whether the full-text versions of journals acquired through aggregator databases are adequate substitutes for print, and found problems with currency, coverage, graphics, and stability. Though aggregator databases provide access to many more journal titles than can be acquired for the same cost in print, they concluded that this type of full-text access "is still not a complete substitute for printed versions of journals and libraries contemplating replacing printed versions with full text should do so with caution" [37].…”

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Analysis of format duplication in an academic library collection

Maple

Wright

Seeds

2003

Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

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The issue of format duplication in academic library collections is increasingly complicated and perplexing in an environment of static or dwindling resources, soaring user expectations, dynamic access models, and inconsistent and changing publisher and vendor pricing structures. The problem is further complicated for libraries serving a university with multiple campus locations. This paper surveys recent investigative projects and highlights the work of a Duplicate Formats Task Force at Pennsylvania State University charged with determining the extent and nature of format duplication at that institution.

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Full-Text Databases and the Journal Cancellation Process

Cited by 27 publications

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The Transition from Print to Electronic Journals: A Study of College and University Libraries in Indiana

The Transition from Print to Electronic Journals: A Study of College and University Libraries in Indiana

Decisions in resource management: The case of microforms

Analysis of format duplication in an academic library collection

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