I would second this. We are required by the state to keep seven years of our invoices and it was a good thing as I needed to prove online subscription payments to obtain perpetual access. In our case, Ebsco only had the most recent 3 years of actual invoices, though payment history was for 5 years. With copies of the old invoices, which was required in my case, I was able to prove we had 8 years of a paid online subscription.

Susanne V. Andrews, Serials & E-Resources Librarian/Head, Technical Services
Claire T. Carney Library
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone (508) 999-8676

From: "Stephanie A Larrison" <larrison@TXSTATE.EDU>
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 5:39:04 PM
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] How long do you keep EBSCO Invoices?

Jason, I would caution against throwing out older invoices IF you are tracking perpetual access. EBSCOnet only keeps the last 5 years of history and perpetual access for e-journals started around 2005. To know whether your journal order 10 years ago was for print only or print + online you will need to have some sort of record. EBSCO may have records that go back that far but they are not easily obtained and it would be very difficult to get old order history for multiple titles.

Like Eric, we have also had to go back many times to older paperwork to prove what we purchased.

Stephanie Larrison

Electronic Resources Librarian

Texas State University

601 University Dr.

San Marcos, TX 78666

512-245-8613

larrison@txstate.edu

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Eric Elmore
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Texas requires we keep most records for certain periods, but after that we can dispose of them. I like to keep invoices for purchases as every year we have to go back and “remind” vendors that yes, we did purchase so-and-so resource. We’ve made the policy decision to pdf almost everything and keep it on our server. Storage is cheap and we have to go back and dig up old paperwork often enough for the effort to be worth it.

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From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Paulette Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 3:24 PM
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Hi Jason,

We keep current year, plus 3 previous years for audit purposes.

Have a great day.

Paulette Thompson

Periodicals Supervisor, Regent University Library

1000 Regent University Drive LIB 109

Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9892

Office: 757.352.4163| Fax: 757.352.4179

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Skoog
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I found many, many, invoices in a former colleague's desk and am trying to determine what is a good cut-off range for throwing out.

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Jason Skoog

Archivist and Systems Librarian
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
608-796-3262

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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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