Case Examination of Decision-Making Factors: Do Faculty and Librarians Agree on Criteria Upon Which to Cancel Journals?

Abstract

Scholarly communication in the U.S. has been closely examined in the past two decades by librarians because of the acceleration in costs of serial, scholarly communication. Specific disciplines of research have increased at unprecedented rates, namely the areas of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing.

Citation

Walther, J.H. (2006), "Case Examination of Decision-Making Factors: Do Faculty and Librarians Agree on Criteria Upon Which to Cancel Journals?", Garten, E.D., Williams, D.E. and Nyce, J.M. (Ed.) Advances in Library Administration and Organization (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 281-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-0671(05)23008-0