1. How librarians use electronic journals
The reality of electronic journals in an academic environment
Tony Kidd
Glasgow University Library

2. Provision of e-journals
E-journals at Glasgow Univ Library
2001/02
Print only 3829
Electronic only 2641
Print+electronic 1866
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3. Provision of e-journals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
349 print subs
of which 228 electronic (65%)
Clinical Medicine
367 print subs
of which 266 electronic (72%)
Arts
1154 print subs
of which 209 electronic (18%)
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4. Provision of e-journals
Glasgow University Library Committee, 7 Feb 2002
‘Biomedical & Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Medicine, Physical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine: by 2002/03, electronic access should normally be provided for all journal subscriptions where it is available; by 2004/05, print subscriptions should not be taken, unless it is financially favourable or neutral to do so, or there are no arrangements to retain an electronic archive after cancellation.’
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Use of e-journals
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Use of e-journals
Computing Service statistics at Glasgow UL
Clin Medicine 26.7%
Biomed & Life Sci 22.3%
Physical Sci 5.2%
Vet Medicine 5.0%
Engineering 3.5%
Soc Sci 2.0%
Dental 1.8%
Law/Financial 1.8%
Arts 1.4%
Comp/Math Sci 1.1%
Education 0.1%
Other %
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Use of e-journals
Usage stats at GUL – by publisher/host
Ovid Biomed 25.0%
ScienceDirect 20.6%
Nature journals 7.2%
SwetsnetNavig’r 5.1%
HighWire 4.7%
JSTOR 4.0%
BMJ 4.0%
Amer Inst Phys 3.7%
IDEAL/Academic 3.2%
Catchword 2.4%
Wiley 2.2%
New Scientist 1.8%
NEJM 1.5%
Cell Pr 1.5%
PNAS 1.2%
Springer 1.1%
Oxford Univ Pr 1.0%
Cambridge U Pr 0.9%
Univ Chicago Pr 0.9%
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Cost of e-journals
2000/01 Glasgow expenditure (SCONUL)
Print serials
Online serials
Print+online serials
Online databases
Print etc books
Online books
Document delivery 86000
Total
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Cost of e-journals
Some percentages
Online serials/All serials 5.5%
Online (incl print)/All serials 62.4%
Doc del/All serials 6.8%
Online books/All books 10.9%
All online/All materials 47.5%
PURCEL investigation [
16% e-resources
27% e-journals
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Issues
Acquisition
Budgeting
Maintenance
Marketing
Collaboration
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Acquisition
Agents
Traditional route
Experts at dealing with publishers
Handle negotiations/invoicing, etc
Publishers
Often prefer to deal direct
Large deals - bundling
Complex negotiations/licences
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Acquisition
Consortia
Regional ‘print’ consortia
National consortia
NESLI
Post-NESLI
Aggregators
Undergraduates
Specialist areas
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Budgeting
Topslicing
Centralisation v devolution
Very large deals: flexibility
Pricing structure
Bundle with print
Print + online
Online only
VAT
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Maintenance
Subscription maintenance
Renewals
New subscriptions
Content
‘Technical’ maintenance
Networked PC availability/students
Upgraded specifications
Printing facilities
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Marketing
Web pages/OPAC
Staff time
Accuracy
Different routes to content
Use usage stats to cancel, or to promote?
Different types of content
Backruns JSTOR etc
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Marketing
Linking as ‘selling point’
Database links
Current awareness services
CrossRef
OpenURL/SFX
JoinUp developments
Electronic individual document delivery
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Collaboration
Research Support Libraries Group (Follett)
reporting this autumn
Stress on collaboration, to maintain access
Glasgow case studies
Glasgow/Strathclyde
Engineering
Chemistry
Glasgow/Edinburgh
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18. Barriers to e-journal penetration
Still small proportion e-only – but changing fast
Barriers include:
Research Assessment Exercise?
Prestige: statistical measurements
Archiving
Permanent preservation
Retention of access after cancellation
Off-campus access
Quality – printing, illustrations
Cost
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The future?
Scholarly communication revolution?
SPARC [
Public Library of Science [
Budapest Open Access Initiative [
E-print archives
Copyright retention
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The future?
Journal still required
Peer review
Quality hierarchy
Intermediaries still required
Publisher
Agent
Library
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