Making the Cut: Do Faculty Want to Be Involved in Library Database Cancellations?
Author/Creator
Date
2011Type of Work
9 pagesText
journal articles
Citation of Original Publication
Garczynski, J. (2011). Making the Cut: Do Faculty Want to Be Involved in Library Database Cancellations?. Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal Of The SLA Academic Division, 1(1), 16-27. Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/pal/index.php/pal/article/view/986Subjects
Collection managementDatabases
Faculty
Cancellations
Subscriptions
Marketing
Collection development
Abstract
Because of the recent economic crisis, a number of academic libraries have faced the possibility
of having to cancel database subscriptions. As a major user group of academic libraries, faculty have a
history of being involved in collection decisions, but it is unclear to what extent they want to be involved
in cancellations. Also, while the library literature outlines a variety of processes that libraries have used to
involve faculty in their serials cancellation decisions, very little is written about eliminating databases. This
study examines whether the strategies outlined for involving faculty in serials cancellations are applicable to
database cancellations. We surveyed tenure-track and full-time faculty members at Towson University to
determine their preferences for involvement in database cancellations and to determine if those preferences
are a function of knowledge about the library and/or discipline of study.