You can check and see if the journal is in Portico or CLOCKSS, presuming your library participates in one or both. 

We participate in Portico.  I feel a lot more comfortable cancelling the print version when the electronic is deposited in Portico, or slated to be deposited.  They already have a few journals that have experienced a “trigger event” and are now accessible through Portico.

Also, if the journal is archived in JSTOR and it doesn’t have a permanent cut-off date, I am confident of having perpetual access there.

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Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

Tutt Library, Colorado College

diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu

(719) 389-6661

(719) 389-6082 (fax)

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Susie Bossenga
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:13 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Perpetual Access Rights for E-Journals

Hello,

We are in the process of reviewing our collection development policy and I have been asked to investigate best practices to ensure that we will have perpetual access rights to our e-journals.  Obviously we would want the license agreement to state that we would have perpetual access, but are there other things we should do or things we should be cautious about?  For example, should we be more cautious about click-through licenses ?  Any advise you can offer would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Susie

Susie Bossenga

Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian

Buswell Library/Wheaton College

501 College Ave.

Wheaton, IL 60187

(630) 752-5852

Fax: (630)752-5855