The constraints on the library budget means that this year we will need to make substantial cuts to provision. The funding available for resource purchase has effectively been reduced.
One way that this can be met is by cutting a resource that costs a lot of money which in essence is either a journal collection or a resource like UpToDate. In the journal survey conducted in Autumn 2011, I asked, which would people prioritise: the purchase of UpToDate or journals. 80% of respondents replied they would prioritise UpToDate. Also, although we cannot make an exact comparison in usage, it would appear that UpToDate has a greater usage at a lower cost per access.
For several years, we have looked at online journal usage and those journals that fall above a certain price per download (usage measure), have been cancelled. At current usage figures those that are likely to be cancelled do not provide the savings needed.
If I do not find alternative funding or method of purchasing subscriptions, then I propose the following for journal subscriptions for 2013:
* Cancel the Wiley subscription (although its usage costs less per download than the criteria)
* Cancel individual subscriptions whose usage cost per download falls above the usage criteria
The consequent savings will be greater than required so with the difference
* Subscribe to those most used Wiley titles that would meet the usage criteria until the budget threshold is met
I would welcome feedback on this from all concerned. Please contact me: mary.hill@stockport.nhs.uk (library manager)
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