ACQNET: Query regarding new subscriptions procedures

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:01:58 -0400
From:  Mike Bell (U. of TN-Chattanooga) <Mike-Bell_at_utc.edu>
Subject: Query regarding new subscriptions procedures

[Ed. note:  Suggested this be posted also to SERIALST and CollDev-L]

I have a question regarding how requests for new subscriptions are 
handled in your libraries. 
At UTC we have endured a long period in which we have received no budget 
increases or budget
increases insufficient to cover inflationary cost increases for 
subscriptions.  As a result we have
had a long-standing policy of no new subscriptions unless the requesting 
department offered up a
title of comparable cost in their discipline they wished to cancel.  As 
you might imagine, this has
kept requests for new journal subscriptions to a minimum.  We would like 
to move away from this
approach.

My question to those of you in the same situation as we find ourselves 
is how you handle new journal
requests.  Do you have a similar drop-add policy?  Do you accept 
requests but require a written request
with justification for the new title and other documentation?  Does 
anyone have any recommendations
on how we should proceed?

As always, please respond directly to me.  Thanks for your consideration.

Michael

W. Michael Bell
Assistant Dean and Head of Acquisitions, Collection Development, and Serials
Lupton Library
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
423-425-2670
mike-bell_at_utc.edu

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