I agree, Melissa.  It is disheartening to know that cancellations have almost become a
"standard" in journal renewal processes.  

We follow the same guidelines that have already been outlined in previous posts here.  Vendor, ILL stats and faculty use of requested titles are all important metrics we use to gauge what remains in the collection, and what we can consider letting go.  We do consult our faculty for their opinions on which journals are relied on most heavily, and we also use Scopus to determine how many faculty from our local institutions have published in a particular journal.  August is typically when we begin the process of doing any overall usage review for journals and ebooks--both per package and per title, but creating usage reports has definitely become a year-round workflow.

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Melissa Belvadi <mbelvadi@upei.ca> wrote:
Isn't it sad that our procedure pretty much assumes cuts and cancellations?

One other step that I forgot to include in my analysis is consideration of whether any print subs (or print+online) should/can move to online-only in the renewal.
At this point, almost all of our print subs are in that format either because online is not an option, or because the cost of online is exceptional and prohibitive (Science and Nature).
But every year, I check just in case any of the print-only titles' publishers have finally taken the step into the 21st century and have an online option now that we can afford.

Melissa

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Abbigail C Gregg <acgregg@geneva.edu> wrote:

We usually have a meeting sometime in August with me and the librarians to determine what we need to cut in relation to our budget.  We never know our budget before this time, so we can’t do it sooner.  I transfer the Excel document the subscription agent sends to a spreadsheet on Google Drive tailored to suit our needs and process and I share it with the librarians who then have time to look over it and enter their recommendations for the chopping block before our August meeting.  We usually assign each librarian and me a section of the list of titles so it’s not overwhelming.  After we decide what we are going to do, I finalize with Ebsco and send in the invoice, usually sometime in Sept or Oct.

 

 

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From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Emily Miller
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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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