[Eril-l] Serial Cancellation/Renewal process question

[Quagliana, Alisha L]

Hi all-



We are reviewing how we go about asking our subject specialists to review and make cancellation/renewal decisions for our continuing resources. Currently, we provide each subject specialist (annually) with a comprehensive spreadsheet of the continuing resources they manage (including title, format, cost), and we ask them to look up usage statistics in our ERM's usage statistics module. We're interested in hearing from folks about how continuing resources are reviewed at their libraries.  Here are some questions we are wrestling with to get you started:



What data do you think is essential for this process? Is all the data needed compiled beforehand and presented together, or do you ask subject specialists to find or compile certain data on their own? Does the final say on cancellations happen individually (each subject specialist) or from teams or from a small "collections management" group? Do you notify faculty of cancellations in advance, and if so how is that done? Do you use some type of ranking system when deciding what to renew/cancel, and if so how did you implement this? And maybe most important how are you managing this (spreadsheets, database, Google)? We are especially interested in solutions that have made it easier/faster for subject specialists to identify "underperforming" or "less-essential" titles.



Feel free to contact us off list but I'm sure others on this list would interested in the conversation if you would like to share. Thanks in advance!

Thanks-
Alisha
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Alisha Quagliana
Discovery & Access Coordinator
The University of Texas at Austin  | UT Libraries
512.495.4660  |  utexas.edu


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