We've been working on selling our campus on the idea of access vs. ownership as a way of reframing discussions about what we subscribe to. In particular, we've promoted this as a way to contain costs. We've had a lot of constructive comments and pretty good buy-in so far, but one question has me a bit stumped. Some programs will mention that their accreditation process includes a list of core journals that they need to subscribe to. Since we can get any article faculty or students need, I'm not sure why a subscription is so important. In other words, the idea that a library needs to have certain journals seems to date from an earlier era. Do any of you have experience in communicating with accrediting bodies about this requirement? Any other experiences that might be relevant?
Hopefully I've provided enough context for my question, but if you have any questions for me, please let me know.
Thanks,
Jeff Purdue
Collection Development Librarian
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-9103
Jeff.Purdue_at_wwu.edu
(360) 650-7750
(360) 650-3954 (fax)
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