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Kevin Engel, Rebecca Stuhr, Cecilia KnightGrinnell College Libraries March 18, 2011, ILA-ACRL Annual Spring Conference
On Being EssentialMaking Connections and Facilitating Access,
Collection Development as Public Service
http://www.circumspecte.com/
Data Regarding Interlibrary Loan Request Instigated Acquisitions
2008-09 $11,264.69 330 books (avg. $34/bk)
2009-10 $16,569.62 517 books (avg. $32/bk)
2010-11 $ 8,071.74 thru February 283 bks (avg. $28.52)
Average turn around time about 4 days
Serials Review
• Periodic Serials Review (every 10 years?)
• Budget Crisis of 2008• Process– List of subscriptions to faculty– Liaison librarian work with departments– Identify cancellations & format
changes / new titles /databases– Post cancellations / gather input
Use statistics (Elsevier)
• Since June 2008 (through March 14, 2011), the campus has done 3,770 downloads or a total of $82,940.
• Academic year 2008-09: 1,414 ($31,108)• Academic year 2009-10: 1,475 ($32,450)• Rough yearly cost for 2008-09: $31,108 in
downloads + $31,287 for 15 subscriptions (down to 5 subscriptions as of 2011); total $62,395 vs $145,000 (approx. for 2008)
Use statistics (Wiley)
• Since September 2010 (through March 14, 2011), the campus has done 273 downloads or a total of $3,685.50.
• Preliminary cost comparison – $13,500 spent to purchase 1,000 downloads vs $55,731 (2010 prices) in savings from cancelling 27 Wiley journal subscriptions beginning in 2011.
Journal Use• Elsevier journal use remains scattered—no core journals (same
pattern for Wiley through first 6 months)• Most heavily-used journals (Elsevier):June-December 20081. Current Opinion in Neurobiology2. FEBS Letters3. PainJanuary-December 20091. Behavioural Brain Research2. Personality and Individual Differences3. Physiology & BehaviorJanuary-December 20101. Ecological Economics2. FEBS Letters3. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management