Hello,
We've sent title lists to the departments and asked them to rank as follows:
1. Must have; essential for teaching/research
2. Nice to have, but not essential
3. Not needed
As an undergraduate liberal arts college, our first priority is for resources that will support student assignments and research, followed by faculty teaching. Pay per view services greatly lessened the pain of cancelation, as faculty can get much of what they want right away. Hope this helps.
--Jennifer
Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.
Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106
860-297-2250 phone
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Shore
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:19 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] checklist for priority titles?
Hello,
We are working towards doing an evaluation of our current journal subscriptions, to ensure that they are indeed required/useful for our academic departments.
I am trying to create a "checklist" of categories in order to establish a priority list of titles for each department in the event that titles may have to be cancelled due to budget cuts. It is understood that the departments themselves would be contacted for their input, and it would be helpful to have a guiding document.
Currently, there is no collection development policy to address journal subscriptions.
Degrees are granted at all three levels, but not for all departments.
Has anyone done this sort of exercise before?
Would you please be kind enough to share ideas for such a "checklist" and your experience?
Your input, experience and ideas would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Heather
Heather Shore
Serials Specialist/ Spécialiste Des
Périodiques
Massey Library / Bibliothèque Massey
Royal Military College of Canada / Collège militaire royal du Canada National Defence / Défense nationale PO Box 17000, Station Forces / CP 17000, Succursale Forces Kingston, Ontario , Canada K7K 7B4 heather.shore@rmc.ca Telephone / Téléphone 613-541-6000 x 6666 / Facsimile / Télécopieur 613-540-8077 Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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