Serials Collections Analysis for Libraries and Consortia

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Serials Collections Analysis for Libraries and Consortia

Presentation to ICOLC

Jim McGinty

CEO

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Presentation Will Cover

Background on Cambridge Information Group Serials issues What we are trying to do A quick look at Ulrich’s Serials Analysis

System Consortia involvement and economics Q & A

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Cambridge Information Group

Cambridge Information

Group

ISBN Agency

RefworksRR BowkerCSA

Pubnet and PubEasy

Ulrich’sBooks In Print

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Critical Serials Issues

Increasing costs and decreasing budgets Increasing demand from faculty and staff for electronic

article access Communicating serials availability /accessibility to

faculty, students, departments, and ad hoc requests Understanding what’s being offered by whom, relative

to existing holdings Analyzing holdings to rationalize selection/deselection Attaining a consortia system-wide view of serials

holdings

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Academic Journal Focus

48,000+ active academic and scholarly 22,000 peer reviewed journals 18,000+ e-journals 6,700 with an impact factor 4,200 with full-text reviews

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What Are We Trying To Do?

Provide institutions with a comprehensive, high quality reference database; combined with

A web-based analytical service which will enable:• A new view of holdings• Enhanced analysis capability• Better communications ability

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Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System

Institutional Input

Serials Reconciliation

Report

Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System

Serials Maintenance

Module

Serials Analysis Module

Reference Database

ulrichsweb.com

ISSN’s

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Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System

Evaluate holdings against the Ulrich’s Core or Universe and filter by:

• Ulrich’s subject headings• Peer reviewed• ISI Impact Factor (mutual subscribers)• Katz’s Magazines for Libraries• Electronic availability• Country of publication• Language of publication

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The first step will be to load your collections into the system.

Compare your collections to the Ulrich’s universe

or to a core collection.

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Identify coverage by subject

Identify gaps in your collection by subject area

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Here you see a list of serials your library does not hold in the subject of Biochemistry.

By clicking on column headings you can re-sort the list.

We have sorted by Electronic Journal.

View Journals Not Held by the Library

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View Rich Bibliographic Information in Ulrichsweb.com

We can link straight to a title’s review in ulrichsweb.com.

From here we can further evaluate this title by viewing title-level details formats available publisher information and contacts link to tables of contents and full text… your JCR Web, Science Direct, SFX, and Serials Solutions resources.

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Another key feature of the Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System is the ability for your library to correct errors in your holdings file. At the bottom of your library’s report you may see a Note like this one, which will bring you to a separate report on titles with problem ISSNs.

Identify and Correct Errors

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Evaluate the Offerings of Serials Publishers

The same information is available to evaluate the offerings of serials publishers.

Select a publisher from the “Top Publishers” menu.

Select “List Matches” to view only those subjects included in the publisher’s offerings.

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Consortia System View of Coverage

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View Individual Member Coverage

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Consortia System Coverage by Journal

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Detailed View of the Members that Subscribe to the Selected Journal

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Economics

Academic Library Pricing Based Upon Number of Serials Subscriptions:

Annual Subscription

PriceSmall (<8,000) $2,875Medium (8,000-19,999) $3,875Large (20,000-39,999) $4,875Super (40,000+) $8,875

The annual subscription includes:

•Analytical Reports

•Unlimited user, site wide access to Ulrichsweb.com (including remote patron access)

•ISSN Reconciliation and Maintenance Module

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Consortia Discount Structure

Participation Level Discount

Under 25% 10%

26-49% 15%

50-75% 20%

Greater than 75% 30%

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Summary

Benefits: Make confident selection and de-selection

decisions – credible frame of reference Analyze consortia holdings to identify gaps

and use the information for ILL Create instant, comprehensive reports that

can be shared throughout the system Avoid major systems development expenses Save time, effort, and $

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Next Steps

Present Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System to your members• Group or committee presentations

Contact Boe Horton to schedule event:Boe Horton

Vice President Bowker Worldwide Sales

Email: boe.horton@bowker.com

Tel: 908-219-0055