I have sole responsibility for renewals, which I start working on as soon as the online management system is available from our vendors, usually June. I also
prefer to be invoiced in July, but that’s not always possible. Over the years we’ve cut, shifted to package subscriptions, or gone to pay per view, so there’s not much left to cancel. I will ask the faculty if there are any questions about expensive, low-use
titles, but there aren’t many of those remaining either.
--Jennifer
Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.
Science Librarian and E-Resources Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106
860-297-2250 phone
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On Behalf Of Jordan Ruud
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Renewals
We tend to analyze usage on a limited basis throughout the year, but really get the process more thoroughly into gear around July in anticipation of receiving
our annual invoice. For e-journals we look into vendor-provided usage stats; for print titles we look at in-house stats.
For our pricier journal titles that were specifically requested by faculty, we check annually on whether those faculty are still at the institution and, if the
journal's subject is a fairly niche one and the journal doesn't seem to be getting much use, we'll contact other faculty in that department to see whether the journal needs to be kept.
We also check on the past year's interlibrary loan transactions to see whether titles that we don't have were particularly in demand in the past year.
Once we've determined for sure which titles we're keeping and which we're cutting, we send our pro forma invoice back and ask for an updated one so that we can
have the best possible idea of how we'll be doing budget-wise. This happens around mid-September.
Jordan Ruud
Public Services Librarian, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
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[SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] on behalf of Emily Miller [Emily.Miller@JEFFCOLIBRARY.ORG]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 2:49 PM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: [SERIALST] Renewals
Greetings All,
I am gearing up for my first Renewal Process with our subscription management vendor. Does anyone have a Serials Renewal Process Timeline/Schedule/Checklist,
including all the tasks that need to be performed, that they would be willing to share?
Many thanks in advance!
Emily
emily dara miller
acquisitions/collection development librarian
collection services
Jefferson County Public Library
10500 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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