Student Publication Explains the Reason for University Library Journal Cancellations
Excerpt: "Those who wander down to the second floor of the Dimond Library may soon begin to notice the selection of print journals is decreasing on the shelves.
The reason for the cancellations of journals is simple. It is because of inflation, according to Judith Brink, head of collection development at the Dimond Library. Brink said that the journal market is under stress because they are trying to provide information electronically as well as by print.
The inflation of the price of journals domestically has been 10 percent while the foreign inflation of journals has been 15 percent. The average equaling 11 percent inflation in journals, said Claudia J. Morner, Ph.D., the University librarian of the Dimond Library. The problem begins with the fact that the library budget for fiscal year 2004 (a fiscal year begins July 1and ends June 30) was $14,137,246 million while the budget for fiscal year 2005 is $14,618,696 million, which creates an increase of three percent. This means that the journals are inflating faster than the libraries budget, according to Morner.
About $3.2 million out of about $5.1 million for use on all the collections such as books, Compact Discs, etc., was spent this fiscal year, Morner said. The rest of the budget goes for things like salaries, fringe benefits and almost more than four million dollars pays to keep up the facility, she said.
The way that this problem is to be handled is "to look at the collection and to see if it is meeting the needs of the students and the faculty," Morner said.
UNH is not the only school going through this. Most schools have been cutting journals, Morner said...
A "way to determine whether a journal is to be cancelled is how much use it gets. The circulation of journals can indicate how much it has been used, said Brink. They count circulation anytime a journal is off the shelf, which also counts when being used for photocopies as well as being read in the library. If the journal is put back in the same place then they will not be able to tell if it is used, but when they find it out of place, it counts as a use."
Source: Betsy Rose. Dimond Library budget creates journal cancellations: Dimond Library budget creates journal cancellations. The New Hampshire, the Student Publication of the University of The New Hempshire (28 March 2005) [FullText]
The reason for the cancellations of journals is simple. It is because of inflation, according to Judith Brink, head of collection development at the Dimond Library. Brink said that the journal market is under stress because they are trying to provide information electronically as well as by print.
The inflation of the price of journals domestically has been 10 percent while the foreign inflation of journals has been 15 percent. The average equaling 11 percent inflation in journals, said Claudia J. Morner, Ph.D., the University librarian of the Dimond Library. The problem begins with the fact that the library budget for fiscal year 2004 (a fiscal year begins July 1and ends June 30) was $14,137,246 million while the budget for fiscal year 2005 is $14,618,696 million, which creates an increase of three percent. This means that the journals are inflating faster than the libraries budget, according to Morner.
About $3.2 million out of about $5.1 million for use on all the collections such as books, Compact Discs, etc., was spent this fiscal year, Morner said. The rest of the budget goes for things like salaries, fringe benefits and almost more than four million dollars pays to keep up the facility, she said.
The way that this problem is to be handled is "to look at the collection and to see if it is meeting the needs of the students and the faculty," Morner said.
UNH is not the only school going through this. Most schools have been cutting journals, Morner said...
A "way to determine whether a journal is to be cancelled is how much use it gets. The circulation of journals can indicate how much it has been used, said Brink. They count circulation anytime a journal is off the shelf, which also counts when being used for photocopies as well as being read in the library. If the journal is put back in the same place then they will not be able to tell if it is used, but when they find it out of place, it counts as a use."
Source: Betsy Rose. Dimond Library budget creates journal cancellations: Dimond Library budget creates journal cancellations. The New Hampshire, the Student Publication of the University of The New Hempshire (28 March 2005) [FullText]
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