1. Transition from Print to e-Journals Academic Library Perspectives Gwen Bird, SFU Library Kim Isaac, UCFV Library Kevin Stranack, SFU Library

2. Overview  SFU’s Migration to e-Journals  Migration at Smaller Institutions  Open Source Serials Management

3. SFU’s Migration to e-Journals  1999 >8000 print titles no e-journals  2005 <3,000 print journals >10,000 e-journals >90% of journals online in some areas

4. SFU’s Process  Impact of CNSLP (Canadian National Site Licensing Project)  Regional licenses for e-journals  Criteria for migration developed  Community consultation  Print cancellations

5. SFU’s Criteria Posted on SFU Library web site  Content  Stability  Archival rights (ownership)  Server reliability  License terms  Image quality

6. Reaction at SFU  Usage statistics  Library user surveys  Faculty response  Student response  Vendor relations

7. Next Steps at SFU  Budget implications  Staffing implications  Humanities/Social Science content  Other trends

8. Migration at Smaller Institutions  The University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV) Undergrad, vocational & developmental 5500 FTE students, 10,000 bodies Multicampus

9. UCFV Library  Decline in print subscriptions: 1998: 1471 2005: 833 Primarily budget driven  Early “migration” experience Fulltext from aggregators not stable

10. E-journals at UCFV  2002: First publisher’s package  2005: Joined in CRKN licenses  Duplication of print & electronic  Goal: To develop a UCFV policy/procedure for migration

11. CPSLD Survey  CPSLD (Council of Post Secondary Library Directors of BC) e-mail survey  18 libraries responded out of 26  17 would consider migrating  2 had policies for print to electronic migration (UBC, SFU)  Most had criteria to be considered

12. CPSLD Criteria for Migration  Print content translates well (12)  High cost of print title (11)  Lower usage of print title (10)  Full content available (8)  Stability of electronic version (8)

13. CPSLD Migration Experiences  Most engaged in faculty consultation prior to migration  Most found faculty & student response to be positive  Budget the main driver  Fulltext via aggregators included by many

14. Back to UCFV…  Policy on migration developed and circulated for discussion January 05  Have started the process of identifying potential print journals  Will apply criteria to develop short list  Consultation with departments  Final decisions by summer 05

15. Next Steps at UCFV  Budget implications  Staffing implications  E-journals management issues  CUFTS solutions

16. CUFTS: Serials Management  What is CUFTS?  Why Open Source?  Future Directions  Further Information

17. What is CUFTS?  Electronic Resource Management Electronic Resource Management  CUFTS Journal Database CUFTS Journal Database  Link Resolving Link Resolving  CUFTS Public Services CUFTS Public Services

18. Why Open Source?  Stable  Lower costs  Facilitates collaborative development  Allows for community input and decision-making  Contributes to the wider library community

19. Future Directions  Increased promotion/marketing  Encourage participation from wider library and developer community  Adding functionality  Expanding resources searched

20. Further Information  Kevin Stranack: Consortial Support Librarian  604.291.4648  kstranac@sfu.ca  http://www.theresearcher.ca

21. Questions?