Funds lines with higher than average inflation rates have continued to expand, getting a larger and larger piece of the pie. When we looked at individual inflation rates, however, the variance was considerable. To minimize severe damage to any single fund, we used average inflation rates based on broad discipline categories. The two libraries have been discussing proposals to expand opportunities for resource sharing and document delivery. We will be looking closely at our respective holdings when decisions are made to cancel a journal.
Some duplication is necessary, of course.
But there will be several titles where a single copy could serve the needs of both institutions. Copyright issues must be considered when resource sharing decisions are made, but there are many successful models of cooperative collection development which can benefit our two institutions. OSU is now a member of Orbis. The Orbis libraries are looking into easymethods of sharing journal articles, similar to the process students and faculty use to borrow books from other libraries. When this process began in 1996, most departments determined which titles needed to cut over the three-year period.