Re: Electronic vs. print holdings (2 messages) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 24 Jan 2000 15:57 UTC
2 messages: 1)_____ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:42:25 -0600 From: Peter Picerno <ppicerno@CHOCTAW.ASTATE.EDU> Subject: Re: Electronic vs. print holdings (Pam Matthews) I would add Project Muse to the list of those which I, at least, consider stable electronic journal titles. Peter Picerno > Hi, all, I could use some guidance. We're grappling with some issues here that > I know other people have grappled with. I'd like to hear from anyone who's > pinned them to the ground. > > Our library is facing a severe space crunch. One of the suggestions is to toss > print copies of journals as long as we subscribe to an electronic equivalent > that's "stable." > > Has anyone taken this step? Did you toss all years that are available > electronically or just selected years? If just selected, how did you choose? > Any outcry from the print-attached faculty on your campus? > > What's "stable?" I think most of us agree that JSTOR titles are more stable > than say EBSCOhost or Lexis-Nexis titles. But what's stable *enough*? Are > publisher's sites stable? Does it depend on the publisher? How do you know > who's stable? Has anyone come up with objective criteria for measuring > stability? > > And what about price increases? A site can last forever but if we can't afford > it any more it won't do us any good. Has anyone come up with a collection > policy that takes this into account? > > Finally, has anyone come up with a print v. electronic journal collection policy > that I can take a look at? > > I know this is a long post and the topic is convoluted, especially for a Monday > morning. BUT I really will appreciate ANY help I can get on this! And I'll > gladly post a summary of responses to the list. > > Thanks! > > Pam Matthews > Acquisitions/Serials Librarian > Gettysburg College > Musselman Library > Gettysburg, PA 17325 > 717-337-7007 (phone) 717-337-6666 (fax) > pmatthew@gettysburg.edu 2)______ From: "Michael A. Weber" <webermi@ALVERNIA.EDU> Subject: Re: Electronic vs. print holdings (Pam Matthews) Hi Pam! I can tell you what we did. Of course we are much smaller than G-burg and we didn't do it because of space concerns. We have cancelled print subscripitions that are available in electronic form. Usage was also a consideration. As far as stable goes, well that is hard to determine, again usage was a consideration. We did conclude that we could ethically fill in our gaps using dup ex. in the event the the electronic subscription became unavailable. We didn't get rid of any of our print volumes. I guess that our philosophy is that the electronic format will eventually take over. We believe that electronic subscriptions are the way go. Call it virtual optimism! Mike Michael Weber Dr. Frank A. Franco Library ALVERNIA COLLEGE 400 St. Bernardine Street Reading PA 19518 (610) 796-8352 (610) 796-8347 Fax webermi@alvernia.edu