Research Librarian
Jeanine Fletcher
Contact:
Pendergrass Library
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-9164
jwilliamson@utk.edu
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-9164
jwilliamson@utk.edu
Subjects: Veterinary Medicine
Time and effort as of 6/25 (estimated)
Number of librarian hours 10
Number of phone calls 2
Messages sent/received 68
Requests for use stats 3
This is how long it took a librarian with 30 years + experience at UTK who is intimately familiar with each of the titles on the list.
Journals under consideration for cancelation summer 2018 because UT Libraries records indicate they are handled by EBSCO and therefore not in a journal bundle
Selected from spreadsheet at left--
| Journal | Rationale / Notes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Revue scientifique et technique | Available electronically eventually...however last year not available yet? Even though it is supposed to be available? Articles tend to have very broad focus. | $330.38 |
| Animal Welfare HV4701 | Low use + European focus (institute of animal technology) | 505.26 |
| VetRecord Case Reports | Can't make business model work for us--many fewer case reports published by UTK authors than we anticipated after 2 year trial subscription | 1500.00 |
| Animal Technology QL55 | Low use + European focus | 188.00 |
| Laboratory Animals QL55 | Low use + European focus (royal society of medicine)--may be part of journal bundle--I have a note that says I canceled in 2017. | ? |
| BJO / Br J Ophthalmology | 80% is available free full text in PubMed/PubMed Central Archive--all ophth faculty are o.k. with this cancelation. | $226.00 |
| Clinical Chemistry | Both UT and Preston UTMCK Subscribe. checking on this w/preston 6/25; 6/29 Preston will retain theirs, UTK will cancel. use stats requested | 998 |
| Total | 3747 |
Journals considered for cancelation 2018 but not canceled
| Journal | Rationale / Notes | Spent | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases of Aquatic Organisms | 655 of 2756 articles in PubMed NOT freely available; embargo period still five years, after that articles are freely accessible, authors seem to be paying extra for OA, little innovation for cost | $1300 | ||||||||||||
| Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Use declining but still respectable according to Michael Lindsay. Use of electronic version is a high of 380 in 2012 to 229 (2017) | $1249 | ||||||||||||
| Comparative Medicine | 10 years in PubMed Central archive with "Articles from this journal are generally available in PMC after a 6-month delay (embargo)" USE STATS
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