We tend to analyze usage on a limited basis throughout the year, but really get the process more thoroughly into gear around July in anticipation of receiving our annual invoice.
For e-journals we look into vendor-provided usage stats; for print titles we look at in-house stats.
For our pricier journal titles that were specifically requested by faculty, we check annually on whether those faculty are still at the institution and, if the journal's subject is a fairly niche one and the journal doesn't seem to be getting much use,
we'll contact other faculty in that department to see whether the journal needs to be kept.
We also check on the past year's interlibrary loan transactions to see whether titles that we don't have were particularly in demand in the past year.
Once we've determined for sure which titles we're keeping and which we're cutting, we send our pro forma invoice back and ask for an updated one so that we can have the best possible idea of how we'll be doing budget-wise. This happens around mid-September.
Jordan Ruud
Public Services Librarian, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
jordan.ruud@uafs.edu
From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] on behalf of
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Greetings All,
I am gearing up for my first Renewal Process with our subscription management vendor. Does anyone have a Serials Renewal Process Timeline/Schedule/Checklist, including all the tasks that need to be performed, that they would be
willing to share?
Many thanks in advance!
Emily
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collection services
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