Changes to Journals

With a journal budget no larger than last year but with prices increasing, the cuts have effectively arrived. The usage of the electronic journals has been reviewed and those journals showing the least usage have been cut. This is the fairest way but it does mean individually purchased journals are more vulnerable.

For 2011, we will no longer have a subscription to the following journals:
i American Journal of Ophthalmology
i Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons (includes Bulletin)

i British Journal of General Practice

i Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

i Laryngoscope

i Miders Midwifery Digest
i Technic

We are cancelling the physical copy of i BMJ i but you still have online access with Athens

We are exchanging i Physiotherapy for i Manual Therapy

We will have 2 new titles to our A-Z both paid for by non-library budgets.
i Blood Reviews
i International Journal of Clinical Skills

A number of groups have requested new journals but we are currently unable to meet these requests. They have been added to a list along with the cancelled titles to review at the end of the financial year should there be any budget remaining.

We are still in negotiation over the Wiley collection. If the price is too high then cuts will have to be made to these titles too.

REMEMBER: You still have access to many journals via this link
www.stockport.nhs.uk/working-for-us/library-and-it-facilities You will need an NHS Athens to access many of the titles - Contact the library on 419 5089 if you need help with this.