CDL- Proquest bundles on CD-ROM - does anyone still collect?

From: Lynn Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:43:10 -0800
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
>
> From:
> Ramona Kohrs <kohrs_at_un.org>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> As part of our Proquest Direct license, we are still receiving 3 products
> on CD-ROM:  BPO, GPO and SSI.  Our Collection Development Committee is
> discussing whether it is worth keeping and maintaining the CD-ROM
> collections which take up lots of space and are quite inconvenient to
> maintain, esp. with limited staff resources and many clients preferring to
> just access Proquest Direct online and take what they can get.
>
> Has any other library gone through this decision-making process and if so,
> with what outcome?  What were the essential criteria in coming to that
> final decision?
>
> Thank you so much in advance - your advice would help us tremendously!
>
> Ramona
> _____________
> Ramona Kohrs
> Chief, Loan and Stacks Group
> Dag Hammarskjöld Library
> United Nations
> Tel.:  +1 212-963-2015
> Fax:  +1 212-963-9256
> kohrs_at_un.org
>   
Received on Fri Feb 01 2008 - 02:58:44 EST