Abstract
Good collection management is necessary to guarantee the quality, quantity and costs of the online journal collection of Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) Digital Library. Via quantitative research on both subscription prices and usage statistics (i.e. download data from vendors of online journals and clickthrough data statistics from the library’s SFX link resolver) the library obtains data that are helpful to decision making regarding cost-effectiveness of online journals. By calculation of the price per article download for each online journal and holding this against the costs of document delivery from outside the library, a selection of online journals with a low cost-effectiveness is possible. These online journals can further be examined for cancellation. Via optimization to cost-effective online journals only, Wageningen UR Library strives to give access to scientific literature that is important (‘need to have’) to the users and researchers of Wageningen UR while keeping the costs of the subscriptions into the financial budget.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Actes du colloque "Ressources électroniques académiques: mesures & usages", L'information scientifique et technique dans l'univers numérique. Mesures et usages, Lille, France, 26-27 novembre 2009 |
| Editors | C. Boukacem-Zeghmouri |
| Place of Publication | Paris |
| Publisher | ADBS éditions |
| Pages | 269-279 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9782843651236 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Ressources électroniques académiques: mesures & usages, Lille, France - Duration: 26 Nov 2009 → 27 Nov 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | Ressources électroniques académiques: mesures & usages, Lille, France |
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| Period | 26/11/09 → 27/11/09 |