Resource Management in a Time of Fiscal Scarcity: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment for Journal Package Cancellations

Authors

Casey D. Hoeve, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Casey Daniel Hoeve http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4837-8910

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

3-27-2019

Citation

Published in The Serials Librarian 75 (2019), pp 42-50.

DOI: 10.1080/0361526X.2019.1576571

Comments

Copyright © 2019 Casey Daniel Hoeve; published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Used by permission.

Abstract

As a result of continual resource inflation and a decreasing budget, Kansas State University Libraries were required to conduct a large-scale electronic journal cancellation project. The current organizational model does not require librarian subject specialists to perform comprehensive collection development duties; therefore, content development librarians developed a methodology of collecting quantitative and qualitative statistics to collaboratively evaluate journals. This article will demonstrate the methodology of assessment, and serve as a working model for libraries operating under circumstances of labor shortages, budget cuts, and leadership restructuring.