Fall 2003

Library Liaison Meeting

Agenda• Introductions• Role of Liaison• Ordering schedule• Library News

– Valuable services to your department

– Budget– Books and Periodicals

• New Classes or Programs• Other

Library Services – Stefan Smith

• Department Visits• Research Consultations• Library Assignments• Other

Library News• Budget

– UW System Electronic Resource Collection

– Murphy Library• Book Allocation Formula• Periodicals

UW System Electronic Resources

• 26 Electronic Products• $1,576,000

Examples• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe• ABI/Inform with Images• ISI Web of Science (Arts,

Humanities, & Social Science Citation Index)

• Project Muse Full Package

UW System Electronic Resource Cancellations

Jan. 2003: • Alt Health Watch - $15,000 • Columbia Earthscape - $6,666 • BIP - $32,360• Science NEXT WAVE - $8,500 • Ulrich’s - $19,377

Jan. 2004 • HRAF Ethnography & Archaeology -

$26,500

Six Year Acquisition Comparison

Six Year Acquisition Comparison

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100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

1 2 3 4 5 6

1996/97 - 2001/02

Am

ount

Spe

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Mono/AV/MFElectronicJournals

Book Allocations by College

Allocations By College - Books 01-02

14%

5%

9%

45%

27%

BUSA ED HPERTE LS SAH

Periodical Allocations by College

Allocations By College Periodicals 01-02

11%

4%

8%

19%58%

BUSA ED HPERTE LS SAH

Components of Formula

WSCP - Weighted Student Contact Periods (% X wt. of 4)

FAC - # of Faculty FTE (% X wt. of 4)

COST - Average Cost of Books in Discipline (% X wt. of 5)

CIRC - Circulation of Books (% X wt. of 4)

How do I find out what I ordered?

Departmental Orders Search

Displays book titles and call numbers for items requested by library liaisons.

On Murphy Library Page (Faculty Resources)

http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/funds/fundlist.asp

Book Spending Deadlines• Fall semester – receive allocation

• December/January – spending in process

• April 15th – spending completed

• No monies can be carried over to next fiscal year!

Periodical Budget Timeline• July 1 - May 1:

– Submit requests for new periodical subscriptions.

– Please have your cancellation requests submitted to the Collection & Resource Development Librarian by May 1.

• May 1 - May 31: – Proposed cancellations will be posted. 

Comments regarding these titles should be sent to the Collection & Resource Development Librarian.

• June - July: – After carefully reviewing the list of proposed

cancellations, the Collection & Resource Development Librarian and Acquisitions Librarian will cancel subscriptions. 

Why do we have

to go through this each year?

The Problem with Periodicals

Murphy LibraryPeriodicals Collection

1999-2003

Jenifer Holman

Acquisitions Librarian

Price Index ComparisonPercentage Increase Over Previous year

CPI HEPI USPPI - Excluding USPPI - Including

Russian Trans. Russian Trans.

1984 3.2 4.8 9.4 10.2

1985 3.6 5.8 8.6 11.5

1986 1.9 5 8.9 8.2

1987 3.7 4 9.9 10.3

1988 4.1 4.4 9.1 9.4

1989 4.8 5.3 9.5 8.2

1990 5.4 6 9.5 9.4

1991 5.5 5.2 11.7 11.1

1992 3.4 3.6 12.2 12.6

1993 1.3 2.9 5.5 6

1994 2.6 3.4 9.6 8.6

1995 2.8 3 10.4 9.5

1996 3 3 10.8 9.6

1997 2.3 3 9.9 10.1

1998 1.6 3.5 10.3 9.5

1999 2.2 2.4 10.4 9.8

2000 3.4 4.1 9 9.2

2001 2.8 4.8 8.3 8.6

2002 N/A N/A 7.9 7.6

The Problem - Inflation

Statistics in Context

• Between 1986 and 2001:– journal prices overall increased by

8.5%/year– The CPI overall grew by 3.4%/year

• Journal prices grew twice as fast as health care prices during the same period.

Cancellation Philosophy

• The title has gotten little or no recorded use over several years.

• The title is available electronically through our subscription to Project Muse.

• The title has a current cost/use ratio greater than $35.

• The title no longer supports the curriculum.

Periodicals ~ BudgetPrint Print

Titles

MF MFTitles

Cancels Adds

99/00 $378,644.69 1406 $56,241.06

552 $15,003.37 $4,386.92

00/01 $388,803.24 1521 $55,126.35

534 $21,201.31 $18,618.78

01/02 $415,362.00 1417 $60,754.68

522 $13,839.91 $1,418.38

02/03 $421,614.45 1366 $57,163.96

482 $46,546.84 $2,414.41

03/04 $434,720.7 $48,439.24

$57,490.09 $762.59

Bottom Line

• Even with small budget increases, Murphy Library (as well as most academic libraries) is no longer able to support traditional print access to scholarly communication through journal subscriptions alone

Where Do We Go From Here?

• Before publishing in a journal, ask some questions:– Can I post a copy of my article on my

web site or my institution’s web site? – Are archives available to the public

for free after a short time period (for publicly funded research) ?

Contract Terms to Look For:

More Terms to Watch For…

Publishing Alternatives

• Public Library of Science– http://

www.plos.org/about/history.html

• BioMed Central– http://www.biomedcentral.com/– Open-access journals now available

through library catalog and periodicals holdings list

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)– http://www.doaj.org/