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with summary following:
==Summary==
Subject: Summary of responses per average monograph price
From: Paul Staincliffe <stainclp_at_waikato.ac.nz>
Thanks to everybody who responded to my query.
In summary, it appears that at least what we were finding difficult is
achievable; nobody has a perfect solution, but there are models that
work. Several respondents asked probing questions about why we wanted
to use this factor and we are using these questions as stepping stones
in the next phase. One possible way forward we had not investigated to
date was to encumber commitments first – we had tried to avoid doing
this by allocating to departments first and then by commitment.
One pertinent comment was that it was not the fault of a particular
department that their average prices were much higher than others and
it would be unfair to discriminate.
Several respondents noted that they used industry average prices (for
example from YBP) rather than departmental average prices and others
were happy to share their fund allocation models.
Thanks again.
Paul Staincliffe
Collections Librarian
Collection Management
University of Waikato Library
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
New Zealand
Phone +64 7 838 4981
Received on Wed Mar 29 2006 - 02:23:05 EST