I just thought of another aspect too. If you're thinking about breaking apart a package without PCA, and the individual journal subscriptions that you would pick up from that package would have PCA, that might also be a qualitative factor in the decision to make that break.  But I'm not sure how to translate that qualitative value into a quantitative one, for factoring it in among the other numbers involved, most notably usage data and price.

At some point the qualitative has to be converted into a number that can be used as a weighting factor, or else we're going to be trying to mix apples and oranges and the prospect of subconscious bias and perhaps even overt politicking in the decision-making process is going to creep right in.

Melissa

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Abbigail C Gregg <acgregg@geneva.edu> wrote:

Package A seems like a lot more bang for your buck and as close as you can actually get to owning something in the digital age.  We do take into account perpetual access to a degree, and I think we’d be more likely to stick with package A if we had to cut one of them and all other things being equal. 

 

 

Abbigail Stauber

Library Technician

724.847.6693 | acgreg@geneva.edu

 

 

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Melissa Belvadi
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 12:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Journal Review suggestions

 

Hi, all. It suddenly occurred to me that we may have missed another factor in valuing individual e-journals and more importantly, packages, and that's whether you are accruing any perpetual access / post-cancellation access rights.

Most but not all individual journals do accrue PCA, and it's useful to think of each year as a volume "purchased". Some but not all packages also accrue PCA, sometimes to the entire package, sometimes to just your "core" journals within a Big Deal type of contract.

 

Has anyone thought of a quantitative way to compare the value of this?

For instance, journal package A costs us $30K per year and we're accruing PCA.  Journal package B also costs just around $30K but we're not accruing PCA. Assuming the usage is similar and there are no other overriding factors as per what we've talked about in this thread, how much more is package A worth than B?

 

Melissa

 

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Ken Siegert <ken.siegert@fandm.edu> wrote:

Hello!

We are planning to review both our print and electronic journals. Right now we are collecting usage stats for the last 3 complete calendar years (2014, 2015, 2016) and trying to stick to just JR1 reports. We have individually subscribed journals, packaged journals, etc. Most titles are divided up by librarian liaison area.

What factors have others looked at in determining if a subscription should continue? What's your process? Any insights are welcome.

Thanks,

Ken

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Ken Siegert
E-Resources, Serials & Metadata Specialist
Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Room 011
ken.siegert@fandm.edu | 717-358-4219

Franklin & Marshall College
Shadek-Fackenthal Library
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003

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