My university has a tight budget considering its headcount. We are
considering upgrading our membership to Full from Supporting.
Since prices are elusive for many of the SPARC databases, it has
been difficult to perform much of a cost/benefit analysis regarding
upgrading the membership.
In addition, we suspect that the $7,000 purchase commitment may
not stretch very far so we are prioritizing are wish list.
Are there any other universities that are large but not ARL that went
through a similar decision? Would you mind sharing your
experience?
Rachel Kirk
Collection Development / Acquisitions Librarian
James E. Walker Library
MTSU
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
rakirk_at_mtsu.edu
Received on Tue Oct 16 2007 - 03:10:33 EDT