Are Serials Worth Their Weight in Knowledge? A Value Study

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dc.contributor.authorJones, Glenda Flanagan
dc.contributor.authorCassidy, Erin Dorris
dc.contributor.authorMcMain, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorStrickland, Susan
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Molly
dc.contributor.authorValdes, Zachary
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-27T13:08:39Z
dc.date.available2016-09-27T13:08:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractThe researchers aimed to use qualitative measures to define value as applied to print and electronic serial publications held at Sam Houston State University. Researchers examined faculty key activities—namely, Research, Publishing, Course Preparation and Development, Service, and Personal Interests—and also asked about the perceived extent of support that library journals provided for these key activities. The results of a survey sent to the faculty of two major colleges, Education and Criminal Justice, emphasized the importance of electronic over print serials for research, publishing, and teaching. Many respondents reported that they never used print serials for key activities but have recently used electronic serials. The print serial collection was reported to provide only minor support for the key activities whereas the electronic serials collection was reported to support those to a major extent. Most faculty respondents reported that they would drop subscriptions to personal interest journals if the Library obtained electronic access.en_US
dc.description.departmentLibrary
dc.identifier.citationJones, G. F., Cassidy, E. D., McMain, L., Strickland, S. D., Thompson, M., & Valdes, Z. (2015). Are serials worth their weight in knowledge? A value study. Journal of Academic Librarianship 41(5), 578-582. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2015.07.004en_US
dc.identifier.issn0099-1333
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/33
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Academic Librarianship (Elsevier)en_US
dc.subjectvalueen_US
dc.subjectjournalsen_US
dc.subjectlibrariesen_US
dc.subjectacademicen_US
dc.subjectserial collectionsen_US
dc.titleAre Serials Worth Their Weight in Knowledge? A Value Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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