Re: JSTOR Print Titles: To Be, or Not To Be...? Micheline Brown 19 Apr 2005 13:24 UTC
Tony, Not to be repetitious, but we do the same thing that Tanis's institution does and for the same reasons). Micheline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanis L. Kreiger" <kreigt@RPI.EDU> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [SERIALST] JSTOR Print Titles: To Be, or Not To Be...? > Hi Tony, > > Yes, we do currently subscribe to both print and electronic for some JSTOR > titles. Space is a concern for us as well, and we have also made a > commitment to providing electronic instead of print whenever feasible. We > currently withdraw all volumes available electronically from JSTOR. For > those titles that we also purchase in print, we maintain print for whatever > falls beyond the moving wall (ie. current 5 years, current 3 years, > etc.). We review the JSTOR holdings twice a year and pull accordingly. We > provide ILL services to the entire campus and Document Delivery for faculty > and graduate students. In the event that the electronic version was > unavailable, we would use these services to provide the article in question. > > Tanis Kreiger > > > At 05:02 PM 4/4/2005, you wrote: > >I was wondering if some of my fellow serialists would > >give me some feedback with regard to a little quandary > >we're facing in Northfield. > > > >We have access to quite a few of our print titles > >electronically through JSTOR, and are considering > >whether or not to "redistribute" the back issues > >covered by the electronic version. We don't have a > >remote storage facility, so we'd basically be giving > >them to a serials exchange or consortium if we got rid > >of them. Space is also becoming a big issue in our > >library, so there is quite a bit of pressure to get > >rid of them. > > > >With all this in mind, I'd appreciate any answers to > >the following questions, with any other comments you'd > >like to add. > > > >1. Does your library subscribe to both print and > >electronic JSTOR titles? > >2. How do physical space limitations affect your > >willingness/ability to go with both versions? Have > >you had to cut out print because of this? How was > >this handled? > >3. Do you find consortiums a reliable means of > >getting to the print copies if you are unable to get > >electronic access for some reason? > > > >Any and all responses appreciated! > > > >Best, > > > >Tony Goodwyn > >Serials/Electronic Access Librarian > >St. Olaf College > >Northfield, MN 55057 > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! Messenger > >Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > >http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > Tanis L. Kreiger > Acquisitions/Serials Librarian > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > Rensselaer Research Libraries > 110 8th Street > Troy, New York 12180-3590 > 518-276-8684 > kreigt@rpi.edu > 518-276-8559 (fax) >