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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1171503 |
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| author | Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. |
| author_facet | Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Rethinking the Subscription Paradigm for Journals: Using Interlibrary Loan in Collection Development for Serials Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. Library Services Journal Articles Correlation Library Materials Online Vendors Information Needs Information Seeking Academic Libraries Purchasing Statistical Analysis Information Sources Library Research Decision Making Library Administration Many librarians evaluate local Interlibrary Loan (ILL) statistics as part of collection development decisions concerning new subscriptions. In this study, the authors examine whether the number of ILL article requests received in one academic year can predict the use of those same journal titles once they are added as library resources. There is little correlation between ILL requests for individual titles and their later use as subscribed titles. However, there is strong correlation between ILL requests within a subject category and later use of subscribed titles in that subject category. An additional study examining the sources from which patrons made ILL requests shows that database search results, not journal titles, dominate. These results call into question the need for libraries to subscribe to individual journal titles rather than providing access to a broad array of articles. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ1171503 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2018 |
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| spellingShingle | Rethinking the Subscription Paradigm for Journals: Using Interlibrary Loan in Collection Development for Serials Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. Library Services Journal Articles Correlation Library Materials Online Vendors Information Needs Information Seeking Academic Libraries Purchasing Statistical Analysis Information Sources Library Research Decision Making Library Administration Rethinking the Subscription Paradigm for Journals: Using Interlibrary Loan in Collection Development for Serials Barton, Gail Perkins Relyea, George E. Knowlton, Steven A. Library Services Journal Articles Correlation Library Materials Online Vendors Information Needs Information Seeking Academic Libraries Purchasing Statistical Analysis Information Sources Library Research Decision Making Library Administration Many librarians evaluate local Interlibrary Loan (ILL) statistics as part of collection development decisions concerning new subscriptions. In this study, the authors examine whether the number of ILL article requests received in one academic year can predict the use of those same journal titles once they are added as library resources. There is little correlation between ILL requests for individual titles and their later use as subscribed titles. However, there is strong correlation between ILL requests within a subject category and later use of subscribed titles in that subject category. An additional study examining the sources from which patrons made ILL requests shows that database search results, not journal titles, dominate. These results call into question the need for libraries to subscribe to individual journal titles rather than providing access to a broad array of articles. |
| title | Rethinking the Subscription Paradigm for Journals: Using Interlibrary Loan in Collection Development for Serials |
| topic | Library Services Journal Articles Correlation Library Materials Online Vendors Information Needs Information Seeking Academic Libraries Purchasing Statistical Analysis Information Sources Library Research Decision Making Library Administration |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1171503 |