Serials collection management in recessionary times / edited by Karen Lawson

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Serials collection management in recessionary times: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: introduction -- 2. The global economic crisis: what libraries and publishers can do and are doing / Karen Hunter and Robert Bruning -- 3. Evaluating usage and impact of networked electronic resources through point-of-use surveys: a MINES for libraries study / Martha Kyrillidou, Terry Plum and Bruce Thompson -- 4. A steep part of the landscape: serials, libraries, and the challenges faced by higher education / Patricia A. Maloney -- 5. Open access journals in college library collections / Cheryl S. Collins and William H. Walters -- 6. Shared digital access and preservation strategies for serials at the Center for Research Libraries / Bernard F. Reilly and James Simon -- 7. The paper divide / Wayne A. Pedersen -- 8. A reprise, or round three: using a database management program as a decision-support system for the cancellation of serials / Judith M. Nixon -- 9. Assessing your vendors' viability / Virginia Kay Williams and Kathy A. Downes -- 10. All in this together: a subscription vendor's view / John Lumsden, Kittie S. Henderson and Allen Powell -- 11. So poor we can't even pay attention: identifying important serials for political science during the great recession / Edward A. Goedeken -- 12. Managing resources to maximize serials access: the case of the small liberal arts college library / Susan H. Zappen -- 13. Raising the library profile to fight budget challenges / Lynda James-Gilboe -- 14. Thinking out of the box: fundraising during economic downturns / Carolyn Taylor -- 15. The view from the U.K.: the economic crisis and serials acquisitions on an offshore island / Tony Kidd