Hello, I would enjoy writing the article if it has not been committed to another person. Jo Ann Soriano, Serials Librarian US Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Library Alexandria, VA -----Original Message----- From: Virginia Lingle [mailto:vlingle@PSU.EDU] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 1:14 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Core Journals Hello, Would anyone be willing to write a brief article (up to 10 pages) on this topic - developing a written policy on the determination of a core list of journals held at your institution? The article would be for the e-JOURNAL FORUM column in the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries published by Haworth. The deadline for a manuscript would be the end of February, beginning of March 2005. Please contact me if you are interested. Best regards, Virginia A. Lingle, M.S.L.S. Librarian - Cataloging and Serials George T. Harrell Library - H127 Penn State University College of Medicine Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 500 University Drive Hershey, PA 17033 val3@psu.edu 717-531-8581 (voice) 717-531-8635 (fax) >>> deshazok@OHSU.EDU 11/18/04 12:51PM >>> The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Library Collection Development Policy is available for anyone to review on our website at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/depts/colldevcomm/cdcpolicy.shtml . Our collection development team has developed a serials decision database to monitor OHSU usage of titles from various sources. Every year, the data is used to identify low, medium and high use journals. You can see the grid we use at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/depts/colldevcomm/colldevcomm2004.shtml#topic3 Hope this helps! Kristi Kristina DeShazo Electronic Serials Librarian Oregon Health & Science University Mailcode: LIB 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road Portland, OR 97239-3098 (503) 494-1637 mailto:deshazok@ohsu.edu >>> MLNesson@MASSASOIT.MASS.EDU 11/18/2004 8:49:49 AM >>> In relation to this thread, has anyone developed a written policy of how the Core journals are determined for your institution? I am in the process of developing some policies for our periodicals and electronic databases and this would be helpful. Thanks, M. Lou Nesson Librarian, Periodicals & Electronic Databases Massasoit Community College One Massasoit Blvd. Brockton, MA 02302-3996 508-588-9100 X1932 **************************************************************** "The greatest weapon against fear is facts" Get the facts at your library. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of STEVE BLACK@FACULTY@ACADEMICAFFAIRS Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:15 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Core Journals I've used a combination of impact factors from Journal Citation Reports, designations as "basic" from Magazines for Libraries, local use data, and faculty rankings (scale of essential, needed, optional) to create ranked lists of titles in each discipline represented at my college. It's helpful, but is no silver bullet. I would recommend making a ranked list for each discipline, but be flexible about where the cutoff is between what is core and what is not. What constitutes a core changes over time for many reasons, including changes in: journals (editors, focus, publisher, on schedule, etc.) academic programs Faculty with particular interests coming and going Availability in full text, and reliability of access Faculty can be accepting if they are aware of the need for the ranking process. It's important to give them the opportunity for input, so I'd highly recommend including some kind of faculty ranking. Expect a low response rate, though. Include other criteria in your rankings so students of faculty who don't bother to respond don't get screwed. And make it clear that you're talking about the print collection, so faculty know that the title may still be available online [if indeed that's what you mean]. The big picture is the question, "What do I want my print serials collection to be in the future?" It's really tough, because none of us know how completely scholarly journals will migrate to online-only. But I think the right approach to defining a core is to focus on the long-term value of each print serial. Steve Black Reference, Serials, and Instruction Librarian The College of Saint Rose 392 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203-1419 blacks@strose.edu (518)458-5494 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Lois Schultz Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:33 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Core Journals Hi, We are trying to determine a core list of journals for our collection. These would be journals that we would not cut in times of budget cuts. Has anyone developed a core list? If so, I am interested in what criteria was used in selecting the titles, how it was accepted by the teaching faculty, and how well it is working? Thanks for any insights provided. Lois Schultz Professor and Head of Technical Services 263 Steely Library Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 mail toschultz@nku.edu (859)572-5275
