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Year 2000 Journal Survey - In-Depth Report
MAIN POINTS
The journal survey was on the Web from June 1-30, 2000.
Of the 300 surveys returned
- 55% were from faculty; 24 % staff and 15% students
- 2.8% of the OHSU faculty, staff, and student participated in
the survey
- 90 departments were represented in the results
The top 10 journals of most use to OHSU community and number of
responses were:
- Nature (44)
- Cell (42)
- Journal of Neuroscience (40)
- Science (27)
- Journal of Biol. Chemistry (23)
- New England Journal of Medicine (23)
- Nature Genetics (20)
- Neuron (20)
- JAMA (17)
- Proceed Nat. Acad. of Science (15)
OHSU Library currently subscribes to all of the top 10
journals in both print and electronic format.
A current subscription is available on-campus for 415 of 529
titles (78%) listed as "journals most
important to your work at OHSU."
An electronic version is available on and off-campus for 139 of
the 529 titles (33%). Most of these
journals require a print copy to be purchased before electronic
version can be made available.
The scores of 32 low-use journals ranged from 1 to 2 (1= do not
use to 5 = use often). Asking the whole
community about the usefulness of specific journals that are
relevant to only a few does not provide
enough useful information to make decisions about keeping or
canceling a journal.
The most effective ways for the Library to keep users informed
of changes in library service are e-mail
and use of the Library Web site. The least effective were
presentations at departmental meetings and
a library liaison program.
Although the campus community did not rate the library liaison
program highly, experience in other
libraries has shown the program has proven effective at other
universities as a means of working with
departments, especially in the areas of collection development
and selection of electronic resources.
The listing of the "top 5 journals most important to your work
at OHSU" is a beneficial exercise in
evaluating the journal collection. However, the Library staff
recognizes that a more comprehensive
evaluation of the collection based on departmental involvement
and advisory groups are critical to best
use of the Library's limited resources. A review of the
journals in which the OHSU faculty have published
and been cited is also being used to evaluate the journal
collection (Institute for Scientific Information
data).
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INTRODUCTION
The first objective of this survey was to evaluate the relevance of the
OHSU journal collection. A listing of
"The top 5 journal titles in your field that are most important
to your work at OHSU" was requested.
Comparing these journal titles with OHSU campus library
subscriptions will allow the Library's Collection
Development Committee to identify changes needed to the journal
collection to reflect the needs of the
campus.
A second objective was to request input from the OHSU community
about possible cancellations of low use
print and electronic journals. The results will be used in the
annual renewal and cancellation process for
electronic and print journal subscriptions.
Traditionally, librarians have communicated with their clientele
by newsletters, department meetings,
orientation and educational sessions and printed guides. New
opportunities for more direct and convenient
information exchange are available with e-mail and the Web. The
last objective of this survey was to evaluate
the effectiveness of traditional versus newer methods of keeping
the OHSU community informed of changes
in Library services and resources.
RESULTS
Members of the Library Collection Development Committee developed this
survey and made it available on
the OHSU Library Web site from June 1 - 30, 2000.
Question 1. What is your primary role at OHSU?
Of the approximately 10,700 OSHU personnel, only 299 or 2.8%
participated in the survey. The highest
returns were from the faculty and lowest from students and
staff.
| Primary role at
OHSU |
Number of
Responses |
Percent of
Responses |
Number of
employees |
Percent of employees
|
| Faculty |
164 |
55 |
2450 |
6.8 |
| Resident |
12 |
4 |
548 |
1.8 |
|
Staff |
71 |
24 |
5000 |
1.4 |
|
Student |
33 |
11 |
2760 |
1.2 |
|
Other |
19 |
6 |
|
|
|
Total |
299 |
|
10,758 |
2.8 |
Question 2. What is your
primary department?
Over 90 departments were represented in the survey. The
departments were organized in broad
categories to assist with analysis and interpretation of the
data. Clinical and Basic Science groups were
the groups most highly represented.
|
Major
Emphasis |
Number of Responses |
% of Responses |
|
Administration |
7 |
2 |
|
Basic Sciences |
94 |
32 |
| C
asey Eye Institute |
6 |
2 |
|
Center for Ethics in Health Care |
3 |
1 |
|
Clinical Sciences |
120 |
41 |
|
School of Dentistry |
20 |
7 |
|
Hospitals |
26 |
9 |
|
Pharmacy |
6 |
2 |
|
School of Nursing |
11 |
4 |
|
Total |
293 |
100 |
Question
3. Titles listed more than 5 times for the "Top 5
journal titles in your field that are most important
to your work at OHSU." (In order by highest to lowest hits)
| Hits |
Journal |
Holdings/ejournal |
Order |
| 44 |
Nature |
v.115-present / 1925- (ejournal) |
1 |
| 42 |
Cell |
v.1-present / 1974- (ejournal) |
2 |
| 40 |
Journal of Neuroscience |
v.1-present / 1981- (ejournal) |
3 |
| 27 |
Science |
v.1-present /1883- (ejournal) |
4 |
| 23 |
Journal of Biological Chemistry |
v.1-present /1905- (ejournal) |
5 |
| 23 |
New England Journal of Medicine |
v.198-present /1928- (ejournal) |
6 |
| 20 |
Nature Genetics |
v.1-present /1992- (ejournal) |
7 |
| 20 |
Neuron |
v.4 - present /1990- (ejournal) |
8 |
| 17 |
JAMA: Journal of the Am Medical Assoc |
v.173-present /1960- (ejournal) |
9 |
| 15 |
Proc of the National Acad of Sciences |
v.1-present /1915- (ejournal) |
10 |
| 14 |
Psychopharmacology |
v.47-present /1976- (ejournal) |
11 |
| 12 |
Circulation |
v.1-present/1950-(ejournal-OVID) |
12 |
| 12 |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
v.1-present /1981- (ejournal) |
13 |
| 11 |
Blood |
v.1-present /1946- (ejournal) |
14 |
| 11 |
Brain Research |
v.1-present /1966- (ejournal) |
15 |
| 10 |
Development |
v.99-present /1987- (ejournal) |
16 |
| 10 |
Hearing Research |
v.17-63 /1985-1992 |
17 |
| 9 |
American Journal of Physiology |
v.1-present /1898- (ejournal) |
18 |
| 9 |
Genes & Development |
v.6-present /1992- (ejournal) |
19 |
| 9 |
Nature Neuroscience |
v.1-present /1998- (ejournal) |
20 |
| 9 |
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Res. |
v.4-present /1980- |
21 |
| 9 |
Developmental Biology |
v.1-present /1959- |
22 |
| 8 |
American Journal of Human Genetics |
v.1-present / 1949- (ejournal) |
23 |
| 8 |
Circulation Research |
v.1-present / 1953- (ejournal) |
24 |
| 8 |
Immunity |
v.12-present / 2000- (ejournal) |
25 |
| 8 |
Journal of Immunology |
v.64-present / 1950- (ejournal) |
26 |
| 8 |
Journal of Physiology |
v.1-present / 1878- (ejournal) |
27 |
| 8 |
Behavioral Neuroscience |
v.97-present / 1983- |
28 |
| 8 |
Endocrinology |
v.1-22,24-present / 1917- |
29 |
| 8 |
Journal of the Am College of Cardiology |
v.1-present / 1983- |
30 |
| 8 |
Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior |
v.1-5,12-present / 1973- |
31 |
| 7 |
Arch of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surg.
|
v.112-present /1986- (ejournal) |
32 |
| 7 |
Journal of Pharmacology & Exper Therap |
v.1-present /1909- (ejournal) |
33 |
| 7 |
Cancer Research |
v.1-present /1941- |
34 |
| 6 |
Annals of Internal Medicine |
v.1-present /1927- (ejournal) |
35 |
| 6 |
Journal of Cell Biology |
v.12-present /1962 -(ejournal) |
36 |
| 6 |
American Journal of Public Health |
v.61-present /1971 - |
37 |
| 6 |
Journal of Bone & Mineral Research |
v.8-present /1993- |
38 |
| 6 |
Journal of Clinical Oncology |
v.1-present /1983- |
39 |
| 6 |
Journal of the Acoustical Soc of Amer |
v.1-62 /1929-1977 |
40 |
| 6 |
Laryngoscope |
v.1-present /1896- |
41 |
| 6 |
Neurology |
v.1-present /1951- |
42 |
| 6 |
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery |
v.89-present /1981 |
43 |
There were 529 unique journal titles listed. The OHSU Main Library
subscribes to 73% of these with about
26% (139/529) being available in both print and electronic formats. An
additional 29 journals are part of the
VAMC, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center or Casey Eye Institute
Library collections. The OHSU
Library does not subscribe to 21% of the journals listed. Of these,
approximately 67% were indexed in
MEDLINE or CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature) and 33% were not.
The library currently subscribes to 95% of the titles listed by more than
2 people and about 50% of these are
available in both print and electronic format.
|
Number |
| Total number of unique titles listed |
529 |
|
|
| Number of titles that are current campus
subscription |
415 |
| Main Library, CDRC and Dental Libraries |
386 |
| Veterans Administration Library |
22 |
| Oregon Regional Primate Center |
4 |
| Casey Eye Institute |
3 |
|
|
| Number of titles owned in electronic format by main
library |
139 |
|
|
| Number of titles that are not current campus
subscription |
114 |
| Number of titles indexed in MEDLINE or CINAHL |
77 |
| Number of titles not indexed in MEDLINE or CINAHL |
37 |
|
|
| Number of titles listed 3 or more times |
113 |
| Number owned by OHSU Library |
108 |
| Number owned in print and electronic journal
format |
53 |
Question 4. Evaluate the list of low use journal titles
for their usefulness. (1= Do not use; 3 = Use
occasionally; 5 = Use often). Scores of 1 + 2 = Not useful and scores of
3, 4, or 5 = Useful). Titles arranged
in descending order.
| Title |
Ave. score |
Not useful |
Useful |
| Current Opinion in Endocrinology and
Diabetes |
1.54 |
82% |
18% |
| Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology |
1.53 |
84% |
16% |
| Recent Progress in Hormone Research |
1.52 |
83% |
17% |
| Advances in Immunology |
1.45 |
85% |
15% |
| Molecular Pathology |
1.40 |
87% |
13% |
| American Journal of Critical Care |
1.39 |
87% |
13% |
| Health Education and Behavior |
1.37 |
88% |
12% |
| Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology |
1.35 |
88% |
12% |
| Journal of Biomechanical Engineering |
1.35 |
90% |
10% |
| JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical
Services |
1.28 |
91% |
9% |
| International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition
Research |
1.28 |
93% |
7% |
| Mutation Research Forum |
1.23 |
93% |
7% |
| Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons |
1.21 |
92% |
8% |
| Electromyography and Clinical
Neurophysiology |
1.23 |
93% |
7% |
| Journal of Allied Health |
1.23 |
93% |
7% |
| Journal of Biomaterials Applications |
1.23 |
94% |
6% |
| Surgical Forum |
1.19 |
95% |
5% |
| Journal of Holistic Nursing |
1.18 |
95% |
5% |
| Journal of Nursing Measurement |
1.17 |
96% |
4% |
| Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proc |
1.15 |
96% |
4% |
| Medicine on the Net |
1.14 |
94% |
6% |
| Journal of Ped Oncology Nursing |
1.13 |
96% |
4% |
| Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback |
1.13 |
96% |
4% |
| Proc Assoc of American Physicians |
1.13 |
96% |
4% |
| Bulletin on Narcotics |
1.11 |
97% |
3% |
| Mother Baby Journal |
1.10 |
97% |
3% |
Question 5. Evaluate the list of low use electronic
journal titles for their usefulness. (1= Do not use; 3 = Use
occasionally; 5 = Use often). Scores of 1 + 2 = Not useful and scores of
3, 4, or 5 = Useful.
| Title |
Ave. score |
Not useful |
Useful |
| Annual Review of Pharmacology and
Toxicology |
1.98 |
66% |
34% |
| Genome Research |
1.88 |
71% |
29% |
| Brain Research Protocols |
1.72 |
75% |
25% |
| Annual Review of Microbiology |
1.62 |
80% |
20% |
| Journal of Rehabilitation Research and
Development |
1.23 |
94% |
6% |
| Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing |
1.07 |
98% |
2% |
The validity of this approach to evaluate journal usage may be limited.
The low response to the survey and
individuals commenting on journals not relevant to their area of interest
limits the usefulness of the data
gathered here.
Question 6. What would be the most useful ways for the
library to keep you informed of changes in library
service? (Summarized as 1 + 2 = Not useful; 3 + 4 + 5 = Useful).
Electronic communication through the Web and e-mail were rated the most
effective ways of communicating
with OHSU campus personnel. Library liaison and presentations at the
department were considered least
useful.
| Means of communication |
Ave. Score |
Not useful |
Useful |
| Library communications via e-mail |
4.25 |
10% |
90% |
| Use of Library Web site |
4.14 |
9% |
91% |
| Printed guides on new library services |
2.87 |
37% |
63% |
| Information posted in the Library |
2.76 |
43% |
57% |
| Library newsletter |
2.68 |
47% |
53% |
| Librarian instruction on using new information
tools |
2.62 |
47% |
53% |
| Library listserv |
2.60 |
52% |
48% |
| Notice in your department newsletter |
2.18 |
67% |
33% |
| Librarian liaison assigned to your dept. |
2.07 |
67% |
33% |
| Presentations at departmental meeting, Faculty
Senate |
1.98 |
66% |
34% |
DISCUSSION
This first attempt at surveying the OHSU Campus via
the Web for assistance in the collection development
process has resulted in several conclusions:
1. Asking the whole community about the
usefulness of specific journals that are relevant to only a few does
not provide enough useful information to make decisions about keeping or
canceling a journal.
2. A listing of the "Top 5 journals of
importance to your work at OHSU" was very useful in evaluating the
collection. Titles listed that are not owned by the Library will be
considered for acquisition in context of
all other requests and budgetary constraints.
3. Although the campus community did not
rate the library liaison program highly, experience in other
libraries has shown the program to be a very effective way to promote
communication between the library
and departments. Liaisons can visit departments to review the OHSU
journal collection, to discuss
electronic library resources, and share other information that would
increase the effectiveness and
productivity of the department. Faculty can contact their liaison with
questions they have about library
collections and services.
Members of the OHSU Library staff who participated
in developing the survey, analyzing the results, and writing the report
include Cindy Cunningham, Diane Carroll, Julie Cook, Dolores Judkins,
James Morgan, Judith Norton, Laura Zeigen, and Carrie Willman.
For further details or discussion of results,
please contact:
Diane Carroll- Head, Library Planning and Development,
carroldi@ohsu.edi, 503 494-6659
Cindy Cunningham - Head, Access Services, cunningc@ohsu.edu, 503-494-3481
Carrie Willman - Head, Bibliographic Services; Chair, Collection
Development Committee,
willmanc@ohsu.edu, 503-494-5667
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