Assessment of Departmental Journal Requests and Impact on an Academic Health Sciences Library Collection: An Unanticipated Benefit

Authors

Anne Linton, George Washington University
Kathe Obrig, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Keywords

Journals; Library Collection Development; Medical Faculty; Online Resources; Financial Management

Publication Date

5-2007

Abstract

In 2005, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library made the decision to convert from print to a predominantly electronic journal collection. The conversion was completed in 2007. This poster presentation reports the objectives, guidelines, and results of the print-to-electronic journal collection conversion process.

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Comments

Delivered at: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 2007.