c/o Katina Strauch Post Office Box 799 Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 MLA, SLA, BOOk ExpO iSSUE TM vOLUME 29, nUMBER 2 ApRiL 2017 ISSN: 1043-2094 “Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians” Rightsizing Access to Journals and Databases by Robin kinder (Retired, George Washington University Libraries, 2130 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20052; Phone: 202-604-1171) <[email protected]> his special issue of Against The Grain are the essential bridge in communicating publishing cycle — as authors, editors, peer examines the continuing challenges of the library’s role in the research community. reviewers and consumers — became the major Tmanaging library budgets in an environ- Each author provides critical intelligence into focus of Oregon State University Libraries ment of spiraling serials costs. Though serials approaches taken. (OSU), through multiple conversations with review appears as a constant and ubiquitous In communication, Davis, Raschke (Da- faculty; the six lessons learned by OSU are es- theme in collections management, the work ta-Informed and Community Driven: Using sential reading. Gagnon (Journal Publisher’s described here by the authors is anything but Data and Feedback Loops to Manage a Journal Big Deals: Are They Worth It?) and killian, the usual familiar story. The authors provide Review and Cancellation Project) and Rob- Bezanson, kinder (Divide and Analyze: GW’s important historical background, new and alter- ertshaw, Hooper, Goergen-Doll (Finding the Approach to Serials Cancellations) address native approaches in their processes, and con- Silver Lining…in the Serials Budget Crisis) their communication efforts in conjunction clusions that reveal both surprising outcomes outline intensive efforts to inform their campus with concomitant serials cancellation projects and critical questions still to be addressed. communities of the current fiscal challenges — the former addressing the issue of Big Deal Rather than outline each author’s approach impacting not only the library, but also the pricing at the Bibliothéques de l’Université to a seemingly annual ritual scholarly research environ- de Montréal (UdeM) and the latter addressing — serials cancellations — it ment. north Carolina State each category of the serials review — individual is more pertinent to note their University Libraries (nCSU) subscriptions, packages and databases. Ziegler common themes and valuable provided multiple approaches (Big Deal Whack-A-Mole) describes Florida insights. First, communication to faculty engagement, includ- State University Libraries (FSUL) early and engagement with faculty ing critical analytics under- insistence that the serials review process be is essential to on-going delib- taken several months prior to faculty-driven with participation by the Facul- erations on the library budget. engagement, a timeline and continued on page 8 Second, data is not only a strategies for communication, critical component, but the and multiple rounds for feed- essential means of communi- back. Elucidating the role of What To Look For In This Issue: cating complex scenarios for the library in faculty research Punctilious for Punctuation .............39 cancellation. Third, librarians and the role of faculty in the Create or Buy? ..................................49 Is Intellectual Freedom At Risk? ......58 If Rumors Were Horses Implementing MD-SOAR .................59 The OPAC ..........................................62 n another life I was a medical nursing, ref- Moving right along to the innovative pres- Customer Service Department ..........68 erence, and audiovisual librarian at Duke ent, Monika Sengul-Jones has been appointed The Undying Tweet ...........................72 IUniversity Medical Center. In my days as by OCLC as Wikipedian-in-Residence for The Most Beautiful Invention ..........78 a reference librarian, I had to verify hundreds their “Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together” of interlibrary loan requests. Science Citation project led by OCLC’s WebJunction pro- Interviews Index at that time was only in print gram. Sengul-Jones is a Charles Watkinson ............................35 (very small) and it was an excellent communication and media Remembering Eugene Garfield ........66 way to verify interlibrary loans studies scholar, educator, — “quite a task, only persevering organizer, web developer Profiles Encouraged people would do it.” Yes! Really! and Wikipedian. Her pas- New profiles for ten people, seven That’s when I became acquainted sion for media literacy and libraries and one publisher ...............73 with the name Eugene Garfield, community engagement Plus more .............................. See inside the creator of citation indexes and guides her work with Wiki- the impact factor and many similar pedia. Sengul-Jones has innovations. Read Nancy Herther’s remem- a master’s degree in gender studies from the brance on this incredibly humble and gentle Central European University in Budapest, giant of a man. This issue, p.66. continued on page 6 1043-2094(201704)29:2;1-K AGAinSt thE GRAin Against the Grain (USPS 012-618) (ISSN 1043-2094) TABLE OF CONTENTS is published six times a year in February, April, June, September, November, and December/January by Against v.29 #2 April 2017 © Katina Strauch the Grain, LLC, Post Office Box 799, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482. Subscription price per year is $55 U.S. ($65 Canada, $90 foreign, payable in U.S. dollars). Periodicals ISSUES, NEWS, & GOINGS ON postage paid at Charleston, SC. Postmaster: Send change of address to Against the Grain, LLC, Post Office Box 799, Rumors ................................................. 1 Letters to the Editor ............................ 6 Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482. From Your Editor ................................ 6 Deadlines .............................................. 6 Editor: Katina Strauch (College of Charleston) FEATURES Associate Editors: Cris Ferguson (Murray State) Rightsizing Access to Journals and Databases — Guest Editor, Robin kinder Tom Gilson (College of Charleston) John Riley (Consultant) Rightsizing Access to Journals and Divide and Analyze: GW’s Approach Research Editors: Databases ............................................. 1 to Serials Cancellation ...................... 24 Judy Luther (Informed Strategies) by Robin kinder — Robin has collected seven by David killian, Debbie Bezanson and Rob- Assistants to the Editor: articles that affirm the importance of serial re- in kinder — Beginning in 2016, the George Ileana Strauch Toni Nix (Just Right Group, LLC) view processes in an era of declining resources. Washington University Libraries realized they Data informed and Community had to make significant reductions in continu- Editor At Large: ations costs over the next five years. Dennis Brunning (Arizona State University) Driven: Using Data and Feedback Big Deal Whack-A-Mole ................... 27 Contributing Editors: Loops to Manage a Journal Review Glenda Alvin (Tennessee State University) by Roy Ziegler — In the spring of 2015, can- Rick Anderson (University of Utah) and Cancellation project .................. 12 Sever Bordeianu (U. of New Mexico) cellation of resources was on the table at FSU. Todd Carpenter (NISO) by hilary M. Davis and Gregory k. Raschke The challenge of providing the most content at Bryan Carson (Western Kentucky University) — This article describes strategies to create the most sustainable cost will never end. Eleanor Cook (East Carolina University) data-informed, community-driven feedback Anne Doherty (Choice) loops and communication that fosters deeper Canceling Serials Based on their Ruth Fischer (SCS / OCLC) engagement with the campus community at Availability in Aggregated Full-text Michelle Flinchbaugh (U. of MD Baltimore County) all levels. Joyce Dixon-Fyle (DePauw University) Databases ........................................... 30 Laura Gasaway (Retired, UNC, Chapel Hill) Finding the Silver Lining… in the by Anthony Raymond — This is about the Regina Gong (Lansing Community College) Serials Budget Crisis ......................... 16 SCU library experience regarding options Chuck Hamaker (UNC, Charlotte) for the significant immediate and long-term William M. Hannay (Schiff, Hardin & Waite) by M. Brooke Robertshaw, Michaela Willi cost-savings academic libraries can achieve Mark Herring (Winthrop University) Hooper and kerri Goergen-Doll — Based in response to a budget shortfall, or simply be- Bob Holley (Retired, Wayne State University) on discussions with faculty, six lessons were Donna Jacobs (MUSC) cause the money saved can be put to better use. Lindsay Johnston (IGI Global) learned that can guide ongoing practices and Ramune Kubilius (Northwestern University) will hopefully help others. Op Ed ................................................. 34 Myer Kutz (Myer Kutz Associates, Inc.) taking new Aim at an Old problem: Carla hayden, the American LibraryAs- Tom Leonhardt sociation and Where We Go from here by Rick Lugg (SCS / OCLC) Serials Management at the University Jack Montgomery (Western Kentucky University) Steve Mckinzie — Librarians of Congress Bob Nardini (ProQuest) of Oregon Libraries .......................... 19 have not always had ALA-accredited degrees. Jim O’Donnell (Arizona State University) by Mark R. Watson — Subject librarians must Is an ALA-accredited degree essential for the Ann Okerson (Center for Research Libraries) play an enhanced role in serials management Librarian of Congress? Rita Ricketts (Blackwell’s) with continual assessment and evaluation rath- Jared