1. Collection development with the
FALLING $
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)

2. Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)
Strategies adopted
Cancel patron driven ebook service
Identify subscriptions with poor ROI
Cancel at next renewal
Review in following year
pre-pay the cost of some subscriptions upfront (vendor deal - fixed cost for three years)
Hedge funds in USD
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)

3. Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)
Snapshot of subscriptions in foreign currency and invoice dates over 2 years
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)

4. Comparison in 2014 to 2015 for three sample subscriptions costs
Recommitted on 23 January 2015 at 7%
Projected average increase of 24.29% over the eprice from the beginning of 2014 to what we would pay if invoiced on 14 April 2015
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)

5. Comparison in 2014 to 2015 for three sample subscriptions costs
Percentage increase comparison between USD and AUD
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)

6. Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)
ARL List
Cost-per-use spreadsheet (years past) distributed to our subject librarians along with lists of subscription titles to be renewed or cancelled
Yardstick to aid in renew/cancel decisions with Y/N option
In 2015 we expanded to include Recommended action rather than just Y/N; following year’s projected subs cost; alternate access (e.g. aggregator); VDX cost; Replies/Notes
This year: up & down arrows; ticks & crosses
Kay Saunders (Senior Librarian, Corporate Services, ECU Library)