Evidence-based librarianship: Utilizing data from all available sources to make judicious print cancellation decisions

by: John Gallagher, Kathleen Bauer, Daniel M Dollar

Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, Vol. 29, No. 2. (June 2005), pp. 169-179.

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Abstract

As the cost of periodicals continues to rise, libraries must consider the value of titles currently acquired or subscribed to. At Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library (CWML), staff employed an evidence-based librarianship (EBL) approach that combined use data from several disparate sources to make the best decisions regarding the cancellation of specific journals' print format. These best-evidence sources include the following: a 3-month usage study of 1249 current unbound print journals; statistics about 3465 MEDLINE-indexed electronic journals accessed via ExLibris' linking tool SFX; statistics from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Association of Health Sciences Libraries; and various traditional library statistics.

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