A Journal Usage Study in an Academic Library: Evaluation of Selected Criteria

摘要

This article describes a one-year (three semesters) print and microform journal usage study at Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The study, based on 20% random sample of eligible days, was conducted for three purposes: (1) to identity low-use current subscription journal titles that could be considered for cancellation; (2) to determine low-use bound journals based on publication date, so that retention and storage decisions could be made; and (3) to distinguish high-use journal titles that were critical to maintaining the core collection. Data were analyzed for all titles, formats, year of the journal, use by time of day, day of week, and month of year.