Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2005
Publication Title
Serials Review
Volume
31
Issue
2
First page number:
120
Last page number:
124
Abstract
In the spring of 2003 the University Libraries at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), conducted a Serials Assessment Project which combined technology with effective communication between library users and subject librarians to successfully identify journals that could be cancelled, should cancellations be necessary due to budgetary constraints. Although the library had conducted similar assessments in 1998 and 2000, a fresh look at past assessments resulted in an innovative approach. The project and experience proved to be tremendously positive for both the library and its users. This article describes the planning and process by which the UNLV libraries designed and conducted the 2003 review of UNLV's serials collection, comparing it to methods used in the two previous assessments.
Keywords
Collection development; Collection weeding; Serials assessment; Serials review; University of Nevada; Las Vegas
Disciplines
Collection Development and Management | Library and Information Science
Language
English
Repository Citation
Sinha, R.,
Tucker, J. C.
(2005).
The Balance point: Finding the delicate balance: Serials assessment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Serials Review, 31(2),
120-124.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/14