By: James Shedlock, Director
Below is a list of journal titles and other resources that the Galter Library is canceling for FY11. The bulk of the cancellations are journal titles with subscriptions that will end on December 31, 2010. Some of the other canceled resources will end this fall as their licenses come due for renewal.
View the list of canceled journals and databases.
As the Feinberg School of Medicine community is aware, the medical school is facing a tough financial year in FY11. The Galter Library is not exempt and needs to work with a smaller budget than in years past. For FY11, all medical school department budgets were reduced by 5%. Compounding these cuts is a publisher inflation factor of approximately 8-10%. This means that the library needed an increase of nearly $200,000 in FY11 just to stay even with the collections purchased in FY10. Fortunately, we have staff members who are expert at negotiating and looking for additional savings from vendors and publishers in order to get the best value for our limited purchasing power. To balance our budget and live within our means, we must trim the library’s acquisitions budget by at least $230,000 for FY11. With some of the money saved with these cuts, we also hope to add a number of new key resources.
Galter staff members analyzed as much usage data as we could get from various publishers to determine how much our resources are being used. Low usage is the most objective criterion we have in making decisions about cutting the collections. Other criteria include cost per use of a canceled title versus cost to borrow an article from the same journal; unreasonable price increases from one year to the next; and whether the subscription is received in both print and electronic formats (i.e., the print will be canceled). We excluded journal titles or other resources that were acquired in 2010, giving these titles another year of potential use to see how popular or valued they are. Articles from canceled titles will be available through the library’s interlibrary loan service and users should consult with library staff about alternatives to the canceled databases. More cuts may be made as new information is received.
After so many years of building up our collections, it is not easy to have to cancel titles. However, we hope you recognize that we need to make some difficult decisions to be able to balance our budget. If you care to comment on the reductions to the Galter Library collections, you can visit me, call me at 312-503-8133 or send me an email message. Let’s hope for better times ahead for the medical school and medical center.
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Acta Oncologica
- Acta Radiologica
- Against the Grain
- Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition
- Aging: clinical and experimental research
- AIDS Care
- American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- American Journal of Health Behavior
- American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science
- Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Anticancer Research
- British Journal of General Practice
- Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians
- Clinical Nephrology
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics
- CNS Drugs
- Comparative Medicine
- Contemporary Ob-Gyn
- Current Drug Targets
- Current Eye Research
- Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
- DNA and Cell Biology
- Drugs & Aging
- Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Epileptic Disorders
- Ethnicity and Disease
- Evidence-based Mental Health
- Experimental Aging Research
- Experimental Lung Research
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Foundation Directory
- Frontiers in Bioscience
- Guide to Canadian Health Care Facilities
- Health Care for Women International
- Hepato-gastroenterology
- Hormone and Metabolic Research
- International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
- International Journal of Molecular Medicine
- International Journal of Radiation Biology
- International Journal of Sports Medicine
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Isis
- Journal of Addictive Diseases
- Journal of Allied Health
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy
- Journal of Gerontological Nursing
- Journal of Health & Social Behavior
- Journal of Health Communication
- Journal of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
- Journal of Perinatal Medicine
- Journal of Personality Assessment
- Journal of Personality Disorders
- Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
- Journal of Public Health Policy
- Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction
- Journal of Reproductive Medicine
- Journal of the American Dental Association
- Lab Animal
- Laboratory Medicine
- Library and Book Trade Almanac
- Library Hi Tech
- Medical History
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Medical Problems of Performing Artists
- Medical Reference Services Quarterly
- Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy
- Molecular Membrane Biology
- Orthopedics
- OTJR
- Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
- Psychoanalytic Review
- Psychology Health & Medicine
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Psychotherapy Research
- Public Health Genomics
- Rhinology
- Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation
- Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Seminars in Hematology
- Seminars in Nephrology
- Seminars in Oncology
- Sexual and Relationship Therapy
- Sports Medicine
- Sports 'n' Spokes
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Vascular
- Springer Protocols
- Essential Evidence Plus (InfoPOEMs)
- Martindale/Micromedex
- Landes books
- Faculty of 1,000
- Doody’s MedINFONow
Other Savings
- Renegotiated contributions to shared acquisitions with the University Library
- Reduced print book acquisitions
The total savings from all cancellations and reductions is just over $230,000.
#1 by Sanford I. Roth, M.D. on 10/18/10 - 8:40 AM