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Acquisitions Allocations: Fairness, Equity and Bundled Pricing.
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Packer, Donna – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2001
Examined the effect of an interdisciplinary Web-based citation database with full text, the ProQuest Research Library, on the Western State University library's acquisitions allocation plan. Used list price of full-text journals to calculate increases in acquisitions funding. A list of articles discussing formula allocation is appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Where To Spend Our E-Journal Money? Defining a University Library's Core Collection through Citation Analysis.
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Davis, Philip M. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Identifies core journals in the life sciences for Cornell University researchers by analyzing the frequency of Cornell-authored citations in Biosis Previews between 1996 and 2001. Discusses distribution, Bradford's Law of Scatter, the 80/20 Rule, and prices, and recommends this methodology to provide guidance on which titles to purchase for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biological Sciences, Citation Analysis, Electronic Journals