Managing electronic resources in a time of shrinking budgets

✍ Scribed by Emily Miller-Francisco

• Book ID: 104039515
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 48 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-9055
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lcats.2003.09.004

✦ Synopsis

Most state budgets have fallen on hard times. As a state university, Southern Oregon University has had to make significant reductions in its budget. The SOU Library took a large cut from its acquisitions budget and, for the first time, has had to cut electronic resources. This paper discusses how we acquired databases before the reductions, how we made the cuts last year when the budget was reduced, and how we could better approach future reductions using a checklist that examines cost, content, usage, interface, technical aspects, and the licensing agreement.