We have separate funds set up for each school or department. We also have a general periodicals budget (for general magazines, etc.) and an electronic resources budget.  Generally, if the database is subject specific, it is placed on the serials line for that school or department and that liaison has “control” over the renewal/cancellation decisions for that database. Expensive or interdisciplinary items are placed on the electronic resources budget and are reviewed by the entire liaison group.

For each budget, we have three lines:

· XXX  for book and other one-time purchases

· XXX-n for new subscriptions (both serials and databases)

· XXX-s for existing subscriptions (both serials and databases)

Buddy Pennington

Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

University of Missouri - Kansas City

800 East 51st Street

Kansas City, MO  64110

Phone: 816-235-1548

Fax: 816-333-5584

Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu

UMKC University Libraries: Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment.

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson,Tracey
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:20 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Budget Lines for Serials, Databases, and other Electronic Resources

Hello,

We are restricting our budget, and I have a question for you.  Does anyone combine the budget lines for serials and databases into one category such as continuing resources, or do you separate it out? What do you find are the benefits and drawback for each?

Thank you.

Tracey Thompson
Acquisitions Librarian/College Asst. Professor
New Mexico State University Library
MSC 3475 PO Box 30006
Las Cruces, NM 88003

Phone: 575-646-8093
Fax: 575-646-7077
Skype: Jenymn
SL: Jenymn Mersand
Email: thomtd@nmsu.edu