FY09 Serials Timeline

January 2008

Libraries' Information Technology Division develops modified order history report to extract data on active serials orders from the Aleph Acquisitions module.

Report will include 3 years’ payment history when available.

February 2008

Collection Management adds (print and electronic) use data to order history report, including dates of availability and use through aggregator database(s), if any.

March 2008

Collection Management distributes reports to selectors. Totals and targets based on 2007 expenditures (since not all 2008 payments will have been processed).

Selectors use lower-priority information gathered in FY06 Serials Review to identify titles for possible cancellation.

If lowest priority lists exhausted, selectors work with faculty, evaluate price history and use data, other criteria and additional considerations to identify further titles to reach target.

April 2008

By April 29, selectors send lower priority lists to Collection Management.

Collection Management Team collects and posts lower priority lists for campus review.

May 2008

Composite list is posted on the Web on May 1.

Announcements go out to faculty with May 23 deadline for final justification for retention.

June 2008

Selectors make adjustments to lists based on campus feedback.

Final lists posted on Web.

July 2008

Targets adjusted according to FY09 library materials budget allocation (begins July 1, 2008).

Lists adjusted according to budget requirements.

August 2008

Final renewal and cancellation decisions due to Collection Management by August 15. (Will effect access beginning January 2009.)

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