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Publish and Read mandates being promoted by the Europeans through OA2020 and Plan S, are making significant impacts on journal publishing. Although libraries in the United States have expressed concern about some elements of the proposals, larger forces have engaged which may flip the traditional subscription-based journal publishing system. Challenges and opportunities for libraries, publishers, and authors will create an unsettled market in the next few years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs about the annual online serials cancellation and renewal decisions of the Phillips Memorial Library, Providence, RI, U.S.A by the process of collecting, tracking, analyzing and visualizing the usage data. It also informs that the process results in significant cost savings that help the library achieve its mission of providing resources to support the College curriculum, and the recommendation for cancellation from the usage data of EBSCO database to control the cost.

The article discusses the E-journal package renewal through a transformative agreement accessed by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP)' Libraries, to manage cost control in its journal collection. Topics include adoption of open access for cost control in electronic journal collection; the benefits of transformative agreements in cost controling; and subscription to Wiley's e-journal package known as the Wiley Online Library Database by the UWSP Libraries.

805 Lit + Artis a literary and art journal published online atwww.805lit.organd in print by the Manatee County Public Library. Founded in 2015,805has six online issues, an annual dedicated teen issue, and an annual print anthology.805publishes original art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from emerging artists and writers internationally. Subscriptions and submissions are free, and805has spurred successful programming, outreach, internships, and community partnerships for the library. The editors of805grapple with running a creative journal based on library values versus potential censorship from the public and parent organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides an overview of the market for scholarly communication and how that market creates unusual positions for the producers, distributors, and consumers as compared to a traditional market for goods and services. Unlike traditional markets, the end users of scholarly communication are often not those responsible for the actual purchase and distribution of the products. The separation of end user and purchasers creates a number of interesting features that are explored in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the editor discusses the decision for publishing open access papers in the journal. It mentions it was decided to do this in response to the evolving role of open access in journals like us since it seemed important to us to make a clear distinction between subscription based research papers and those funded in other modes. It also mentions journal has set the Prize with support of publishers to recognize the contribution of Martin Bulmer to development of the journal.

Increasing serials costs and shrinking budgets present challenges for academic libraries to continue providing sufficient access to scholarly articles. Rapid document delivery services can serve as an effective means to fill the gap caused by serials cancellations. This column examines several of the existing document delivery service providers and addresses issues involved in their implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lists of the members of the editorial board and officers and councilors of the American Geographical Society are presented, along with the table of contents of the July 2018 issue, information to subscribers and copyright.

Subscription agents provide a variety of intermediary services and products for libraries. Some of their functions include publication sourcing, order and invoice consolidation, providing publisher information, statistics and analysis, and software. In addition, they often work as change agents to the publishing landscape. The following article provides an overview of these many services from the perspective of a select group of subscription agents, librarians, and library staff. Subjects discussed include industry challenges, customer service, and the future relationship between subscription agents and libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This quarter's column reports on sessions from the Charleston Conference, held in Charleston, SC, November 6-10, 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In response to a cancellation of numerous journal subscriptions, Bradley University's Cullom-Davis Library added Copyright Clearance Center's Get it Now service in 2012. It was anticipated that this service, in combination with other document delivery services, ILLiad interlibrary loan service and the purchase of articles online directly from publishers would be used to alleviate the lost subscriptions by library users. This article attempts to answer that question by examining the usage of the canceled titles after the subscriptions were discontinued. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pay-per-view (PPV) models for article acquisition continue to mature, but there are still questions as to whether they offer good value to libraries. This study presents the results of a close analysis of a PPV article token report with an emphasis on determining whether purchased articles were available elsewhere in the collection or free via links from Google Scholar. An additional analysis compares article purchase data to COUNTER JR1 and JR5 reports to determine how closely COUNTER reports of downloads align with paid use. Implications for the valuation of article usage and viability of PPV programs are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A follow-up to an earlier article published in this same journal in 2013, this article repeats an analysis of five Big Deal journal packages to which Hofstra University's Axinn Library subscribes. Improvements over the last study include more years of data, the removal of open access and archival content from the calculations, and a subject analysis. Results confirm the original findings that four of the Big Deals are good deals, but expand on these outcomes with a discussion of the subject breakdown of each package, the cost of individual title subscriptions, and the dangers of overreliance on usage statistics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses how the O'Neill Library at Boston College has the history of annual print to electronic conversion project for serial subscription and mentions how project to translate to library's standing order. Topics include focus on standing order vendors Harrassowitz and YBP Library Services, differences in timing of converting orders and in receiving and activating online content, individual analytical entries required by standing order series similar to electronic journals.

With journal price increases continuing to outpace inflation and library collection funds remaining stagnant or shrinking, libraries are seeking innovative ways to control spending while continuing to provide patrons with high-quality content. The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library reports on the evaluation, implementation, and use of Copyright Clearance Center's Get It Now article delivery service as a substitute for initiating new journal subscriptions over a 3-year period, from 2012 to 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PRESSOO is an ontology intended to describe continuing resources, including serial publications. This model is an extension of FRBROO; it was developed by the ISSN International Centre and the National Library of France and is now endorsed as an official IFLA standard. It allows for the distribution of information about continuing resources as linked data. This article is an updated translation and was originally published in French in Arabesques, the bulletin of ABES, the French Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education. This updated translation is published in Serials Review with the authorization of the publisher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the University of Ottawa, the journal renewal period is September–October and arrives at a time when subject librarians are busy teaching and meeting with new students and faculty, leaving little time for anything else, especially making difficult decisions such as cancelling journals with an ever-rising price tag. Library staff developed a cascading model for evaluating journal subscriptions. It is based on several variables, such as accessibility, value, price, and usage. Paraprofessionals can populate the model with data, reducing the librarians’ work considerably. The model was tested for print and ejournals, for small journals packages and large renewal lists. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the members of the editorial board for the journal "The Art Bulletin," and also offers information on the journal's subscription policy, its benefactors and patrons.

The article lists several members of the periodical's staff including Myron E. Sharpe, Harry M. Briggs and Irina Burns, along with information on the periodical's copyright policy and subscription.

Despite their professional training and study in the development of research collections in academic settings, librarians often consult with or even defer to faculty in selecting materials. Faculty often use various methods of evaluation that tend to emphasize qualitative data or even anecdotal evidence. Bibliometric analysis offers emerging tools to quantify these decisions, reflecting fundamental principles of library science. This study compares faculty choices of serials subscription cancellations to the choices that would have been predicted using a bibliometric tool, the California Digital Library Weighted Value Algorithm (CDL-WVA). Faculty choices differed significantly from the decisions predicted by CDL-WVA. However, as the bibliometric score increased, so did the rate of match between faculty choice and decisions predicted by CDL-WVA. Implications of these findings for collection development are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the Get It Now, a document delivery service, of the Copyright Clearance Center which allows the purchase of research articles via open URL (uniform resource locator). It discusses the Ex Libris SFX service for library and library users. It highlights the issue of serials subscription costs and access to library materials which can be resolved by migrating individual subscriptions from print to online publication and implementing a document delivery service for articles.

Fueled by the pressing need for electronic resource usage statistics, librarians are finding themselves being thrust into the role of hunter-gatherer. This article discusses the work done at University Library at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis to provide usage statistics for all its paid subscriptions for a 3-year period. The author provides lessons learned from this project that might benefit librarians who are beginning their own excursions to hunt for and gather usage statistics for their collections, whether large or small. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the widespread notion that people turn to media to find reinforcement for their personal values. Based on a representative sample of subscribers to women's magazines, the article investigates relationships between readers’ own values and the values they ascribe to the magazine. For some titles, selective exposure to a periodical that presents values close to their readers is observed. For others, readers disagree on magazine values to an extent that indicates considerable room for interpretation of a magazine as an “open” text. Some women's magazines seem to allow their readers to project their own values onto the published contents rather than presenting a clear-cut, “objective” value pattern that could steer exposure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing costs of science, technology, and medical journals, combined with decreasing or stagnant budgets, have forced libraries to take a hard look at current journal subscriptions. Even when budgets remain stable or increase, they may not keep pace with the escalating costs of subscriptions from various publishers. In the face of potential journal cancellations, some libraries are turning to pay-per-view (PPV) as an alternative method of providing access to material demanded by patrons. This paper discusses PPV options in general and, in particular, a feasibility study carried out at Florida Institute of Technology, in which the library purchased Wiley tokens and used them in both a mediated and unmediated fashion over the course of a year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electronic subscriptions have added new complexities to the life cycle of resources that did not exist in the time of print. In the past, the acquisitions process often ended once a resource was added to the collection. However, with ongoing electronic resource subscriptions, the whole process begins anew at the time of renewal. This article describes ways to leverage free Google Apps throughout the electronic resource life cycle to make the process more efficient, cost-effective, and easier to manage. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This column discusses the effects of real or perceived funding reductions on serials resources. The focus is on bibliographic instruction and cataloging aspects of "fee" versus "free" resources. Serials Review 2011; 37:290-293. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article studies the models of consumption of the academic communities of five Spanish universities with regard to the use of contents distributed by four major providers of electronic journals from the time at which subscriptions were first taken until 2010. Similarly, the authors undertook an initial approach to assess the value of the financial investment in such subscriptions on the basis of data from the Spanish universities of Leon and of Vigo. Serials Review 2011; 37:181-195. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The movement to replace print serials subscriptions with electronic or electronic-only subscriptions has been underway in academic libraries since the late 1990s. However, recent research, publishers' policies, and the experiences of libraries that have deliberately chosen to move in this direction suggest that there is a fairly well-defined limit to the percentage of serial titles that can be obtained electronically. This article describes the results of a serials inventory project at the Auburn University Libraries (Alabama) which resulted in moving 56 percent of its journal titles to electronic-only format but left the libraries with 30 percent of its collection remaining in print-only format. Serials Review 2011; 37:174-180. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Like many libraries, Seton Hall University Libraries has suffered budget cuts that forced a reduction in serial subscriptions. As science librarian, I report on my efforts to streamline subscriptions and to address the question “Why are science journals so expensive?” Our science journals are significantly more expensive than journals in other areas. Our commercially published science journals are 25% more expensive than those from non-profit publishers, although the difference is not statistically significant. I discuss the reasons for the high cost of science journals, which involve a complex interaction between supply and demand and academic culture. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The open access movement is poised to radically change scholarly communications. Librarians can play a dynamic role in the development of the open access landscape by familiarizing themselves with government funding initiatives, events promoting Open Access Week, open access publishing models, institutional open access funds and policies, and institutional repositories. Small changes in awareness and outreach can have far reaching implications for the future health of journal subscription budgets, archive access rights, and research funding opportunities. This article provides examples of how librarians can incorporate open access concepts into pre-existing librarian roles. Serials Review 2011; 37:103-107. (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Washington State University (WSU) librarians expanded the concept of a comprehensive serials decision database (SDD) first proposed by Metz and Cosgriff1 in 2000. Information about subscribed and unsubscribed serials was merged onto one spreadsheet from the integrated library system and subscription agent, interlibrary and citation databases, as well as journal use sources. The SDD, used for selection and cancellation projects, evaluation of electronic journal packages, and collection assessment, was recognized as a necessary serials management tool for WSU. There is a need for the commercial development of products that will replace this manual way of organizing information critical to collection development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1999 librarians at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs evaluated the feasibility of canceling print subscriptions for journals available in full-text aggregators. Finding deficiencies in currency, coverage, graphics, and stability of online journals, they recommended caution in using titles available in aggregators as replacements for journal subscriptions. Today print subscriptions are giving way to online subscriptions through a variety of subscription models. Nevertheless, full-text aggregators remain vital content providers. Using the journals featured in the 1999 study as a lens, this study investigates how the world of full-text content has changed over the past decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a case study of the efforts of librarians at a pediatric hospital system to cut journal costs while increasing value for patrons. First, the worth of the libraries was proven to system leaders using a cost-benefit analysis. Then, librarians used a survey of library users and analysis of usage patterns to reevaluate the number and format of individual journal subscriptions. The results included cutting substantial costs and unpopular resources, adding more relevant resources, and garnering the respect and support of hospital leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Local Journal Utilization Report (LJUR) is a customized report about an institution's citation and publishing history. Based on data from the Web of Science database, LJUR can be a useful tool for libraries in a variety of capacities, from informing journal cancellation decisions to quantifying institutional research trends. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the members of the editorial board for the journal "The Art Bulletin," and also offers information on the journal's subscription policy, its benefactors and patrons.

Abstract: Depressed economic times often lead libraries to consider new practices, including alternatives to the traditional subscription model. This column discusses a pay-per-view (PPV) model for acquiring journal articles whereby a library creates an account with a content provider and then authenticated users can purchase articles at the library''s expense. To gain insight into the current use of this model, the paper draws on both a literature review and the results of a survey assessing the practices of academic libraries with experience acquiring articles through unmediated, user-initiated pay-per-view transactions. The future of the PPV model as well as issues and challenges that it raises are also considered. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Rating systems for journals often overlook the important issue of fit between journal and article. Strong fit is needed to obtain the most constructive review process which is critical to the eventual impact of the article. The relationship between journals is also important for decisions regarding the addition and cancellation of subscriptions from a collection of serials. We use a Kohonen self-organizing map as a visualization tool applied to business management literature to assess about 40,000 abstracts for 202 management journals listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Science Citation Index, and the Financial Times list of business journals. We obtain a map which places journals with similar content very close together and journals with very different content far apart. This paper offers a method to consider how journals relate to each other and which journals are most and least likely to offer a fit with different types of research in the business management field. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

With endowment investments and state tax revenue at low levels, both private and public institutions are no longer able to support their libraries' excessive spending on content. Purchasing large bundles of content is no longer thrifty and the notion that someone will need it at some time in the future can arguably be considered wasteful spending; the “Big Deal” is no longer a good deal. The mantra “do more with less” now means reductions in staff, hours and collection spending as librarians meander through tough economic times to reinvent themselves as the experts on campus who can connect users to content even when barriers exist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kenneth Frazier's call for avoiding the “Big Deal,” an aggregation of journals that publishers offer as a one-price, one-size-fits-all package, has won some converts. Concerns exist over the inclusion of titles in aggregated packages that are neither wanted nor used by library patrons and the financial impact those titles are having on library budgets. Most libraries, particularly smaller and medium-sized institutions, perceive great benefit from the aggregated packages. OhioLINK has succeeded in negotiating license agreements that allow for annual reductions by selecting titles in the packages for discontinuation. The Big Deal is continuing to evolve, even as it begins to fade away. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: When Adelphi University Libraries began shifting serials subscriptions from print to digital formats, we recognized a need to alter acquisitions procedures and codes for more effective use of the Innovative Interfaces Millennium acquisitions module for budget management. A review of procedures dictated collapsing fund structures, replacing obsolete and redundant order codes, and adding new codes for electronic resources. As a result, we vastly improved accounting for online resources. Such modifications now enable us to track changing patterns of spending and use our ILS reports to support administrative decisions in anticipation of future increased campus allocations needed for electronic resources. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Back runs of print journals have traditionally been accessed by binding the individual issues or by replacing them with microfilm. In the online world there is often format duplication as non-current issues of print journals can appear in aggregator databases and other vendor packages. Criteria need to be developed to decide whether a print journal subscription needs to be archived on site in traditional formats or whether the online access for a given title is adequate and sustainable. The Adelphi University Libraries saved $27,664 by developing and applying criteria for relying on online access and to journal back runs. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: This study presents an analysis model for setting up a core journal collection for academic libraries. The model uses multiple factors based on the concept that convergence of data from all available sources should be used in core journal selection due to the inherent limitations of each source. The factors considered in the study are locally collected citations, local use, impact factor, and subscription price. The scores of journals range from ‘0’ to ‘400’ with about 20% of the total collection representing the core list. This study also conducts a case study to demonstrate how academic libraries could apply the model to formulate a list of core journals for their collections. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries developed the ERM Gold Rush in 2001 to help its member libraries manage electronic resources. In the last six years, Gold Rush has developed into a mature ERM that libraries outside of the consortium now license. The article takes an in-depth look at the four modules of Gold Rush: OpenURL link resolver and Public Interface, Reports, Subscriptions (ERM), and the knowledge base. It discusses how Gold Rush has changed over time, how libraries are using it, and recent enhancements to the product. It also explores where Gold Rush fits into a rapidly developing market of ERMs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities (the universal research-providers) as well as research funders (public and private) are beginning to make it part of their mandates to ensure not only that researchers conduct and publish peer-reviewed research (“publish or perish”), but that they also make it available online, free for all. This is called Open Access (OA), and it maximizes the uptake, impact, and progress of research by making it accessible to all potential users worldwide, not just those users whose universities can afford to subscribe to the journal in which it is published. Researchers can provide OA to their published journal articles by self-archiving them in their own university's online repository. Students and junior faculty—the next generation of research providers and consumers—are in a position to help accelerate the adoption of OA self-archiving mandates by their universities, ushering in the era of universal OA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Does it really matter if the resources an academic library buys or licenses are in some way deemed economically efficient expenditures? Does it really matter if the resources a library consortium buys or licenses are in some way deemed economically efficient expenditures? Or can economic efficiency be dismissed by the obvious imperative of the immediate, compelling, and continuous need to support the instruction and research activities of the institution? With the electronic medium, libraries have counts of information use. Care must be taken in what is being counted, but counts do exist. This leads to measuring the cost per use of licensed resources. With comparable measurements across subscriptions, we have an economic dimension to evaluate the relative value of our investments. Are these economic measures major factors in our decision-making? Do bad cost per use or large price increases trump other factors? If licensed resources are core to a discipline with no substitutes, does cost per use matter? These issues are explored from the perspective of a consortium licensing resources for a diverse set of member libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ever-increasing journal subscription prices continue to stress the academic community in both economic and intellectual terms. Newly available tools and approaches to article production deployed in a collaborative manner enable two orders of magnitude of cost reduction. Open access-providing content globally at no cost-can be an economically viable and sustainable proposition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on the editorial board for the publication "Art Bulletin" including editor-in-chief Kirk Ambrose, reviews editor Rachael Ziady Delue, and editorial director Joe Hannan. Information on how to subscribe to the periodical, or receive back issues of the magazine, is also provided. Additionally, the article announces the 2013 winner of the Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize, which is Sascha Scott for her article "Awa Tsireh and the Art of Subtle Resistance" from the December 2013 issue.