E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
Date of this Version
Spring 2007
Document Type
Article
Citation
Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (Spring 2007) 8(1). Also available at http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v08n01/taylor_d01.htm.
Abstract
Abstract
Big Deals expand an institution's access to scholarly literature, with usage statistics showing that previously unavailable journals receive significant usage. To determine if faculty use these new e-journals in their research, the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library analyzed SFU citation data to journals from selected Big Deals for two years prior to signing a major Big Deal (1993 and 1998) and for two consecutive years following the Big Deal (2004 and 2005). Pre Big Deal, the percentage of citations to journals that are part of Big Deals but were previously not subscribed to was an average of 2.6%. Post Big Deal this increased to an average of 6.1%.
Included in
Collection Development and Management Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Comments
Copyright 2007, the author. Used by permission.