Saturday, July 25, 2009

Tough times call for tough measures - Journal Cancelations

Due to economic factors of which we are all aware, we in the library are working hard to use our budget as efficiently as possible. With that goal we have been systematically reviewing our journal subscriptions and making some adjustments. For subscriptions which we get in both print and electronic format, we have been canceling the print. We have also canceled a few titles with very low usage. For some of these, the cost/benefit ratio amounted to $400-800 for each time an article was used.

Articles from canceled titles will be available for you via interlibrary loans and will come to you electronically in your email.

If you do run into a journal that has been canceled that you would like to have reinstated in better budgetary times, please feel free to let me know and I will keep a file.

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