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A&I RIP Survey
Andria McGrathSenior Information Specialist King’s College London
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At your institution:
have you already
cancelled, or made
the decision to
cancel, any A&I
databases?
22 responses
46%
36%
18%
Yes
No
Not currently
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26%
37%
37%
At your institution:
are you
considering the
cancellation of
any (or any more)
A&I databases?
19 responses
Yes
No
Not currently
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Which databases have been/will be/may be cancelled?
ABIX Abstracts - an Australian news index AMED ASSIA Beilstein Crossfire BHI (British Humanities Index [x2] BIOSIS [x3] CAB Abstracts DAAI (Design and Applied Arts Index )
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Which databases - 2
Emerald Computer Abstracts International Film & Television Literature Index Index to Theses INSPEC [x3 + 1 considered, but rejected] Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts MLA International Bibliography NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
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Which databases - 3
Philospher's IndexRILM abstracts of Music LiteratureRSC Analytical AbstractsScopusShort Story IndexStandards ExpertUrban Studies Abstracts
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Drivers for cancellation
Budgetary restraintsranked 1st or 2nd in 9 cases1st – 3, 2nd – 6
Available by other meansranked 1st or 2nd in 6 cases1st – 2, 2nd – 4
Low usageranked 1st or 2nd in 4 cases
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Drivers for cancellation - 2
No longer considered useful ranked 1st in 3 cases
Minority interestnot ranked 1st or 2nd
Other – 2“Contracts restrict what we might actually consider.”“Money is the main driver for cancellation as opposed to change of use/ something cheaper/ better for free.”
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Who made the decisions?
Research staff – 4 Teaching staff – 4 Senior Information service/library staff – 10 Subject specialists/librarians – 10 “We consulted with academic staff via
library reps”“Academics still like the A & I databases”
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Databases replaced by alternatives
Biosis – CAB Abstracts and Medline CAB Abstracts – EBSCO Environment
Complete NTIS – most US government reports are
now free on the web. Index to Theses – ETHOSINSPEC – CiteSeer and GoogleScholar
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Other comments
Money is the main incentiveAcademics have pushed us hard to
prove lack of useDecision may yet be rescinded (Scopus)As credit crunch continues – more A&I
services will be vulnerableFree services like Google Scholar don’t
give ‘related records’, references, etc.
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Priority to keep primary journal subs going – may force another A&I database cancellation
OK this year – but may change in futureOK this year – but will be looking
carefully at usage stats – users demand immediate access to full text