Re: Wording for journal cancellation survey Kristen Fredericksen 10 Sep 2008 20:57 UTC

Hi Lee Ann,
    We went about recent cancellations by decision: keep, cancel print,
cancel. The cancel print option means that we will switch a print +
online title to online only. That is usually a cost-saver.

Kristen

> We're getting ready to send out
> an online survey to our faculty
> members asking for their assistance
> in determining which titles we
> should keep/cancel from a specific
> publisher.
>
> We want to keep this simple and not
> give responders too many options
> for their answers.  We're thinking
> about giving them the choices
> (for each title) of:
>
> _ Critical
> _ Neutral
> _ Cancel
>
> Has anyone else surveyed their users
> recently or have any suggestions for
> wording?
>
> Thank you,
> Lee Ann Howlett
>
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> Head, Serials Dept.
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