>From Jenica Rogers-Urbanek <rogersjp_at_potsdam.edu>
Subject Re: CDL: Involving faculty in moving to ejournals
We've been working on this department by department, working on an
interview model in which we speak with each faculty member in a
department. We ask them what journals they need in order to support
student learning in their courses, based on the assignments they give.
(This linkage of journal subscriptions to student learning outcomes
gives us the opportunity to cull out requests based on an unfocused and
unsupported sense that "libraries should have that journal".) We then
ask which titles need to be in print for browsing or specific
print-based assignments, and which simply need to be "available" to
students. We then collate the data across the department, and find the
trends. We've been able to cancel our print subscriptions to many
journals through this model, and use the savings to subscribe to other
highly desired titles, either in print or online. The added benefits
have been increasing faculty awareness of what's currently available
online, and building a much more congenial relationship with our
teaching colleagues through the simple practice of asking "what do you
need?" rather than "what can we cancel?"
Good luck!
Jenica.
Received on Fri Dec 14 2007 - 02:57:03 EST