Survey on Retention and Disposition of Bound Volumes by HeinOnline Subscribers
[Webmaster's note: Hein surveyed subscribers in May 2004 to determine how subscribers were handling print versions of journals included in HeinOnline. This page presents the results of the survey, originally posted as an email on June 24, 2004.]
Dear HeinOnline subscribers,
The results are in!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our May 2004 bound volume survey. Approximately 1 in 7 subscribing institutions (130) responded to the survey, representing libraries from academic institutions, courts, government agencies, and law firms.
Among the survey's highlights:
- More than 1/3 (37%) of respondents have either discarded (23%) or plan to discard (14%) bound volumes of the titles included in HeinOnline.
- Nearly 1/4 (23%) of respondents have discontinued the binding of recent issues of titles that can be found in HeinOnline.
- 30% of respondents have developed, or plan to develop, cost or shelf-space saving solutions as a result of their HeinOnline subscription.
Some of the most common solutions mentioned by respondents to save money and/or gain back shelf space (question #8 on the survey) include:
- Greater use of compact shelving.
- Cancellation of some duplicate (or triplicate) print subscriptions, or cancellation of subscriptions of rarely-read periodicals in their library.
- Moving older titles to a less desirable location within the library.
- Revising their "retention policy" so that they are keeping only the current year and 2 or 3 previous years of journal coverage.
Below, please find the original questions presented in the survey, along with the results. We plan to conduct this survey again to see if attitudes change over the course of time.
Thanks again to all who responded!
HeinOnline Bound Volume Survey - May 2004
- Has your library moved any of the bound volumes found in
HeinOnline to remote storage?
- Yes: 17%
- No: 83%
- If not, do you have any plans to move bound volumes of
titles included in HeinOnline to remote storage in the near future?
- Yes: 16%
- No: 83%
- Under consideration in the library = 1%
- Has your library discarded any of the bound volumes of
titles included in HeinOnline?
- Yes: 23%
- No: 76%
- Under Consideration in the Library: 1%
- If not, do you have any plans to discard the bound volumes
of titles included in HeinOnline in the near future?
- Yes: 14%
- No: 79%
- Under Consideration in the Library: 7%
- Has your library entered into a group remote storage project with other HeinOnline participating institutions to consolidate your print collections, given the availability of the titles in HeinOnline?
- Yes: 1%
- No: 93%
- Under Consideration in the Library: 6%
- Has your library discontinued binding recent issues as a
result of your HeinOnline access?
- Yes: 23%
- No: 78%
- Has your library developed, or made plans to develop, other
cost or shelf-space saving solutions as a result of your HeinOnline
access?
- Yes: 30%
- No: 68%
- Under Consideration in the Library: 2%
- If your library has developed other cost or shelf-space
saving solutions, we would appreciate sharing these ideas with other
HeinOnline subscribers. If we have your permission, please list the
solutions below.
- (The most-popular responses above.)
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Please send comments, suggestions, and corrections to:
- Martin Wisneski, martin.wisneski [at] washburn.edu ((785) 670-1788) or
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