We asked faculty to rank journals based on the following criteria:

1.  Essential for teaching and research or for student assignments.

2.  Nice to have, but not essential.

3.  No longer needed; does not support current teaching/research.

In general, journals that students need for their work are our highest
priority.

Jennifer van Sickle
Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106

jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu

phone: 860-297-2250
fax: 860-297-2251

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Howlett, Lee Ann
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:10 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Wording for journal cancellation survey

We're getting ready to send out
an online survey to our faculty
members asking for their assistance
in determining which titles we
should keep/cancel from a specific
publisher.

We want to keep this simple and not
give responders too many options
for their answers.  We're thinking
about giving them the choices
(for each title) of:

_ Critical
_ Neutral
_ Cancel

Has anyone else surveyed their users
recently or have any suggestions for
wording?

Thank you,
Lee Ann Howlett

____________________________________
Lee Ann Howlett, MA, AHIP
Head, Serials Dept.
Shimberg Health Sciences Library
University of South Florida
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 31
Tampa, FL  33612
(813) 974-9080
Fax (813) 974-7032
LHOWLETT@HEALTHLIB.USF.EDU