From: Dianne Cook <cookdc_at_post.queensu.ca>
We do not break the costs down to specific subject lines. We
are trying to go the other way, i.e.: to involve faculty and
librarians in group discussions about preferred titles in
terms of interdisciplinary lists for humanities, social sciences,
health sciences, education, law, and science and engineering.
Even breaking costs down to this level is a challenge. This shift
is still in the experimental stage, but we are convinced it is
the direction of the future.
We have been finding it increasingly difficult to link titles
to specific disciplines. Almost anything we add or subtract
from our list effects scholars in a number of areas. For example,
history, philosophy, urban and regional planning, and sociology may be
concerned about science cancellations. Our language and linguistics
department overlaps with psychology and computing. Support for
geography may fall into science, social sciences, or humanities
areas. Business, sociology, economics, and industrial relations rely heavily
on the law library. Support for psychology is in the science, health sciences
and social sciences collections. Then there are the interdisciplinary
programmes like Canadian studies, African studies, development studies,
Latin American studies, environmental studies, women's studies, etc.
Owing to this overlapping of interests, we are trying to describe
collection support for programmes (for accreditation studies) more
generally than we have in the past. This seems to be acceptable.
It also makes it easier for us to report spending levels for electronic
resources, which other reporting agencies demand.
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At 04:12 PM 2001-03-28 -0800, you wrote:
>Original posting on this topic is reproduced below:
>
>From: "Adam Rosenkranz" <adam.rosenkranz_at_rocky.claremont.edu>
>I would like to hear about experiences libraries have with funding
>aggregates such as Project Muse and J-Stor. Do most libraries use one
>fund line for aggregates? Are there any libraries which are able to
>pull off the complex gymnastic of distributing the funds for the
>individual journals in aggregates to specific subject lines?
>Many thanks/Adam Rosenkranz
>Claremont Colleges
Received on Mon May 21 2001 - 09:32:26 EDT