Comparison of the Cost and Use of University Electronic and Print Journal Collections

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Title:Comparison of the Cost and Use of University Electronic and Print Journal Collections (ID: EDU03138)
Author(s):Donald King (University of Pittsburgh) and Carol H. Montgomery (University of Pittsburgh)
Topics:Digital Collections, Electronic Journals, Electronic Resources, Library Budgets, Library Funding, Library Planning
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (2003)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:The panel summarizes results of several recent library cost analyses and of faculty and student surveys. A comparison is made of operational requirements and costs of three types of collections: electronic, current periodicals and bound backfiles. Surveys show that e-journals affect faculty and student information-seeking and reading patterns in important ways.
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