Kaplan Richard, Steinberg Marilyn, Doucette Joanne
Health Sciences Libraries, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Oct;94(4):387-93, e198-200.
The issue of retaining retrospective print journals is examined in light of the shift to electronic titles, the reallocation of library budgets from print to electronic, and the changing research practices of today's library users. This article also examines the evolving role of the physical library and its impact on space allocation.
To determine current practice and opinion, a survey of health sciences librarians and academic librarians was conducted. To demonstrate the use patterns of older journal issues, citation analyses and interlibrary loan statistics were examined.
All methods indicate that recent material is accessed more frequently than older material, with a significant drop in use of materials greater than 15 years old. Materials greater than 20 years old constituted less than 5% of interlibrary loans and less than 9% of articles noted in the citation analysis.
It is possible to eliminate older years of a print journal collection without a large impact on the needs of researchers. Librarians' preference to maintain full runs of journal titles may be motivated by reasons outside of actual usage or patrons needs.
鉴于向电子期刊的转变、图书馆预算从纸质向电子的重新分配以及当今图书馆用户不断变化的研究习惯，探讨保留回溯性纸质期刊的问题。本文还研究了实体图书馆不断演变的作用及其对空间分配的影响。
为确定当前的做法和观点，对健康科学图书馆员和学术图书馆员进行了一项调查。为展示旧期刊的使用模式，对引文分析和馆际互借统计数据进行了研究。
所有方法均表明，近期资料的获取频率高于旧资料，15年以上资料的使用量显著下降。20年以上的资料在馆际互借中占比不到5%，在引文分析中提及的文章中占比不到9%。
有可能剔除纸质期刊收藏中较早年份的期刊，而不会对研究人员的需求产生重大影响。图书馆员倾向于保留完整的期刊合订本，其动机可能并非实际使用情况或读者需求。
