Davis, 'Potential Serials Cancellations', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v1995n00 (Davis Jinnie)
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 22 no. 9
April 1995
Davis, Jinnie
"Potential Serials Cancellations"


With the uncertainty of state funding for the NCSU Libraries' 
collections, Collection Management staff is collecting usage 
data from faculty and students in preparation for potential 
serials cancellations this summer and fall.  Every NCSU faculty 
member will receive a list of all currently received serials 
titles related to his or her field, as determined by the Library 
of Congress classification number.  They will be asked to 
indicate frequency of use (i.e., monthly, quarterly, annually, no 
opinion) for each title.  The Graduate Student Association will 
also receive lists for distribution to graduate student 
representatives.

With the results of the use survey and after budget figures are 
received in the summer, Collection Management will compile 
an appeal list of potential cancellations for further review by 
faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate representatives. 
Cancellation decisions will be made on the basis of 
information from several additional sources as well, including 
citation data, interlibrary loan data, and reshelving studies. 
For more information about this process, please call Margaret 
Hunt (head, Collection Management, at ext. 5-7110) or Suzanne 
Pitman (associate director, Technical Services and Collection 
Management, at ext. 5-2843).