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Re: Percentage guidelines on serials and e-resources spending Joanne Romano (16 Oct 2008 12:49 UTC)
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Re: Percentage guidelines on serials and e-resources spending Joanne Romano 16 Oct 2008 12:49 UTC
Wing, In our library, each resource type has its own budget: e-journals, e-books, databases, print journals, print monographs, audio-visual, etc., I don't use a percentage guideline for spending by subject/discipline within the e-journals budget, but there are other factors I consider during renewal periods. I review COUNTER reports of full-text article requests usage (JR1 reports) when renewals are due, to see what subject specialties are most popular for that collection, and then again at the end of the year. The volume of research being done in a particular subject specialty, along with the number of articles being published by our local authors in particular journals, are other considerations I look at when determining which subject areas might warrant more of the budget that is available for that fiscal year. Joanne Joanne V. Romano, MLS Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030 713-799-7144 fx: 713-799-7180 joanne.romano@exch.library.tmc.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Wing Woo Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:32 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Percentage guidelines on serials and e-resources spending Dear all, I am writing to seek your advise if your Library has set any percentage guideline of serials (including e-journals) and e-resources (excluding e-journals and ebooks) spending over the total library materials budget. I have checked a number of updated sources, such as ARL Statistics and SCONUL Annual Library Statistics (UK) but their definitions on reporting e-resources expenditure are different. ARL includes e-journals in e-resources but not SCONUL. On the other hand, e-book spending is counted in SCONUL but not in ARL survey. I also conduct literature searches and google the web but unfortunately can't find much information pertaining to my question. So I would like to know if your Library has already established any guidelines or policy in the percentage of serials and e-resource spending so as to secure a certain amount of fund for monographs and other library materials. Moreover, will the serials ceiling vary by subject/discipline? For example, we allow Science Faculty to spend up to 75%, and Arts and Humanities at 40% the most. Wing Woo Acquisitions Librarian Hong Kong Baptist University Library