Bibliographic Databases in the Sciences and Engineering: Are They Going to Survive? Nevenka Zdravkovska & Bob Kackley University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Background on the University ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27,

3 Background on UMD Clark School of Engineering Engineering17 th Aerospace engineering8 th Computer engineering17 th Electrical engineering14 th Civil engineering21 st Mechanical engineering24 th College of Computer, Mathematical & Physical Sciences Computer Science13 th Artificial intelligence9 th Systems12 th Programming languages17 th Mathematics21 st Applied mathematics12 th Physics13 th Atomic, molecular, optical5 th Plasma physics2 nd Quantum physics9 th Nuclear physics10 th Condensed matter, solid state13 th Elementary particles/string theory13 th 2008 U.S. News & World Report Graduate Rankings Fountain in front of the Math Building

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Background on the Libraries & EPSL UM’s 8 libraries Engineering & Physical Sciences Library (EPSL) largest of the branches –13 permanent staff (6 professional librarians)

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Collections

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Journals Cancellation Serials inflation in early 2000’s at rate of 10%/year (DBs at 8%/year) Cancellations in total UM Libraries Budget: FY02- 2%, FY03-5%, FY04-2.5% Began 2 nd Review in 8/2005 with creation of 25% target into 3 prioritized segments Still, UM Libraries had worse materials’ cuts in FY07-8%, FY08-9%, FY09-5%

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Free Journal Tools EnginFactor – Ranking and Mapping Scientific Knowledge SJR SCImago Journal and Country Ranking Journal-Ranking.com Journal Info (Lund University) Eureka – Science Journal Watch

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Bibliographic Databases FY09 Databases and Serials Received Equal Scrutiny budget-wise Overlap already on journals in many databases Report that Google Scholar indexes 90% of recent engineering research????????? 2008 Univ. of British Columbia dropped INSPEC -- we followed suit despite loss of subject area comprehensiveness But potentially will save much $ in the future???

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Databases Comparison Tools CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management – JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Academic Database Assessment Tool –

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Cancelled Databases ABI Inform Access Science Ageline Alternative Press Index Annotated Bibliography of English Studies, eff. January 1, 2009 Arts & Humanities Search Biography Index Books in Print Index of Christian Art, eff. May 31, 2008 INSPEC (we will retain access to INSPEC Archive--Science Abstracts ) Lexis-Nexis Government Periodicals Index NTIS, eff. October 1, 2008 Polling the Nations, eff. April 7, 2008

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Cost/Search

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Free Databases Scitopia.com - NTIS.gov - Worldcat.org – USPTO.gov - Espacenet.com – Pubmed Central - Agricola – ERIC –

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, On Demand Databases 1998 at Georgetown University library, INSPEC via OCLC – was cut ($20K/yr) INSPEC via DATASTAR (European Dialog now owned by Proquest) on Pay-Per-View then Successful plan for less than original designation of $5K – so, BIOSIS Previews added as well in that fashion Future of databases as well as journals ???

ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, Conclusion “The research needs of the 21st century revolve around finding new truths …. not confirming that which is already known” Wallace, Danny P Academic Library and Research in the Twenty-First Century: Linking Practice and Research. Journal of Academic Librarianship 33:

Thank You! ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27,