Charge:

• 1) Identify journal subscriptions that are currently maintained directly or through a small vendor but now can be handled through a major subscription agent.
• 2) Examine and document how and why library staff assign journals to subscription agents, including (a) multiple subscriptions with different agents, and (b) publishers with journals handled by several agents.
• 3) Obtain information on the vendors for our current journals, explore and document desirable options and services provided by subscription agents (including handling of online journals), and create a list of preferred vendors.
• 4) Develop recommendations for simplifying and consolidating subscriptions and agents for domestic and foreign periodicals, and a process for making decisions on consolidations.

The committee members should confer with libraries throughout the system. It should strive to complete its work by 15 July and deliver a report to the Collection Development Council for discussion.

Members

• Jeffry Larson (chair),
• Marcia Romanansky,
• Susan Tucker,
• Andy Shimp,
• Cynthia Crooker

Documents

• Report to Collection Development Council on Serial Order Consolidation from Serial Consolidation Working Group
• Serial Agents E-journal Services Comparison

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