From:
Kim Laird <kim.laird_at_gmail.com>
Dana, one good thing to do is to compare ILL rates in a before/after
fashion. If you are able to compare it directly to departments, that can
also help. Such as, "ILL requests doubled for science departments.... "
Comparing collections of equivalent institutions might help too, if you
narrow it down by year of publication and in this case, you could
compare overlap between collections & how unique the collections are.
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From:
Barbara Pope <bpope_at_pittstate.edu>
Hi, Dana. How about any of the following?
- increased ILL requests for journals you no longer subscribe to
- out of date book collection
- possible decrease in staff, either professional or student help
- decrease in service hours or services
- possible inability to attend conferences
- running out of library and office supplies (therefore, unable to
repair or process new library materials, make printouts, etc.)
- inability to answer reference questions with relevant, up to date
information
- complaints from faculty regarding materials not supporting needs
Sincerely,
Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsburg State
Received on Wed Jun 19 2013 - 03:01:23 EDT