Kevin Engel, Rebecca Stuhr, Cecilia Knight Grinnell College Libraries March 18, 2011, ILA-ACRL Annual Spring Conference On Being Essential Making Connections and Facilitating Access, Collection Development as Public Service
Collection Development is a Collaborative Effort with the Library Staff and Campus
Data Regarding Interlibrary Loan Request Instigated Acquisitions $11, books (avg. $34/bk) $16, books (avg. $32/bk) $ 8, thru February 283 bks (avg. $28.52) Average turn around time about 4 days
Serials Review Periodic Serials Review (every 10 years?) Budget Crisis of 2008 Process – List of subscriptions to faculty – Liaison librarian work with departments – Identify cancellations & format changes / new titles /databases – Post cancellations / gather input
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Use statistics (Elsevier) Since June 2008 (through March 14, 2011), the campus has done 3,770 downloads or a total of $82,940. Academic year : 1,414 ($31,108) Academic year : 1,475 ($32,450) Rough yearly cost for : $31,108 in downloads + $31,287 for 15 subscriptions (down to 5 subscriptions as of 2011); total $62,395 vs $145,000 (approx. for 2008)
Use statistics (Wiley) Since September 2010 (through March 14, 2011), the campus has done 273 downloads or a total of $3, Preliminary cost comparison – $13,500 spent to purchase 1,000 downloads vs $55,731 (2010 prices) in savings from cancelling 27 Wiley journal subscriptions beginning in 2011.
Journal Use Elsevier journal use remains scattered—no core journals (same pattern for Wiley through first 6 months) Most heavily-used journals (Elsevier): June-December Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2.FEBS Letters 3.Pain January-December Behavioural Brain Research 2.Personality and Individual Differences 3.Physiology & Behavior January-December Ecological Economics 2.FEBS Letters 3.Journal of Environmental Economics and Management