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Mount A Serials: A History
19842600 Journal & Newspaper titles
1993-1995Budget crisis
CNSLP increased electronic content by 30,000 serial titles
CRKN & CAUL continued increase of holdings to 35,000 titles
Open Access Movement – Hathi Trust
BUT…. Gaps in collections: APS, AIP, IEEE
Mount A Serials: A History
2008 – Complaints by Faculty & StudentsIssues getting access to content caused by our proxy server
2010 – Graduate Studies FundBought and subscribed to additional Science content
2012 – Morton EndowmentBiology, Biochemistry, History
2013 – Continued complaints by Sciences - Still not enough access??
Complaints:• “If it is not online I am not going to read it”
• “you never have the articles I need or want”
• “why do I always get asked for my credit card #”
• “more journals fewer books”
• “no one reads books anymore – get journals”
• “not enough journal access my research is being hampered”
• “use my friends’ account at XXX to get articles”
Causes:
• Connecting patron to article
• Functionality of “journal finder”
• Poor performance of federated search engines
• Date restrictions in licence agreements• Not enough retrospective content• Publication embargoes
• Poor communication between library and faculty
Mount A Serials: A History
Spring 2013Stacks capacity - <1%!!!
AND Reference weeding project
Began overlap study of serials print to electronic contentTypical resources used – JSTOR, PAO, UPs
Needed more…
Ad Hoc Committee Formed
2013 – Ad Hoc Sciences & Libraries Collection Development Committee
5 Members
2 Librarians (Technical Services - Co-Chair, Systems)
3 Faculty (Physics - Co-Chair, Math & Computer Science, & Chemistry/Biochemistry)
Ad Hoc Committee – TOR
“To develop criteria that can be used to help inform our collection development activities and decisions relating to
serially-published content … in scientific disciplines that are published or acquired in a continuing fashion.”
“As a demonstration/proof-of-concept of the criteria and process developed, the Committee shall produce and deliver a list of the “top 100 serial/journal titles” in the sciences that the Committee members agree should be received on a continuing basis by the
Mount Allison University Libraries.”
Ad Hoc Committee
ISI Journal Citation Reports
titles ranked highest cited by our professors
titles ranked highest in which our professors were cited
Sample conditions:unique last name
Mount Allison University address
Ad Hoc Committee
Results:range of journal titles used by faculty too vast for a Top 100 list (500+ titles)
60% of the faculty can find the journals they need at Mt. A
Gaps in Math, Computer Science, and Astrophysics
Chemistry and Biochemistry - 70% satisfied
Physics - 90% satisfied
Ad Hoc Committee
The title results list:290 – cited ≥10 times
43 titles not in e-formatMostly embargoes and backfiles
Can we get those titles?Some part of large & expensive aggregator packages
Others required expensive membership costs
Embargoes and Backfiles – Cost/use analysis + publication frequency
Most titles cheaper to ILL
Ad Hoc Committee – Top 100 List
Faculty survey – 2 Questions:What titles do you need for research?
What titles do you need for teaching?
Results – 206 TitlesAll unique to areas of research
13 titles not subscribed by Mt. A
26 titles – no embargo or backfile coverage
Elsevier
Converting Advances in …
High demand for Science Direct backfilesWe had many titles in print
Worked with Elsevier to get overlap – 500 shelves could be cleared with purchase of e-content
December 2013 – Elsevier visitsSigned 3 year contract for perpetual access to all backfiles
Start date January 1, 2014
Science Direct Packages we acquired:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences;Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Engineering and Technology; High Energy/Nuclear Physics and Astronomy; Materials Science; Medicine and Dentistry; Neuroscience;Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics; Physical and Analytical Chemistry; Physics General; Psychology; Social Science; and 61 individual titles.
Now…
All Serials overlap with Elsevier backfiles weeded
Reference Weeding project in progressSome weeded, some moved to new location – Basement Reference, Circulating
Summer 2014 – re-model Main Floor
Working with vendors:
sugar works better than vinegar
get your money’s worth
ask questions never assume
get them on speed dial
be prepared to share the work load
be pragmatic - flexible
APLA Conference Moncton 2014
Step 1
APLA Conference Moncton 2014
Boxed up ready to go
APLA Conference Moncton 2014
Boxed for “BETTER WORLD BOOKS”
APLA Conference Moncton 2014
735 empties
APLA Conference Moncton 2014
Margie – made all the magic happen