Building a library collection is a complicated process of balancing the needs of a diverse user population, a finite budget, and subscription charges that continue to escalate, even in this difficult economy. In our case, there is little room to cut costs, as our lesser-used resources have already been canceled in the past few years. Faced with publisher increases in excess of the general inflation rate, however, we have no choice but to continue to trim our collection. This process is made more difficult because many publisher packages do not permit us to cancel a large number of titles.
Below is a list of canceled e-journals, print journals and e-books. Cancellation decisions were based on a combination of metrics including usage statistics, cost, cost-per-use, cost increase, impact factor, impact factor rank, document delivery/interlibrary loan statistics, the editorial board and publisher, and the number of articles written by the University of Pittsburgh community. The savings realized through these cancelations allow us to absorb the cost increases for our remaining journal titles. Happily, we were able to add or re-instate 31 e-journal titles, mostly by swapping out little-used titles in journal packages.
The following electronic journals were cancelled for 2012. University of Pittsburgh users may order individual articles for a small fee through the HSLS Document Delivery Service.
- Advances in Anesthesia
- Advances in Pediatrics
- Air Medical Journal
- American Journal of Psychoanalysis
- American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy
- Audiology and Neuro-otology
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Cardiology
- Chemotherapy
- Connective Tissue Research
- Cryobiology
- Current Problems in Cancer
- Current Problems in Cardiology
- Cytogenetic and Genome Research
- International Archives of Allergy & Immunology
- International Journal of Radiation Biology
- International Journal of STD & AIDS
- Journal of Investigative Surgery
- Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Neuroendocrinology
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Orbit
- Renal Failure
- Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy
- Seminars in Orthodontics
- Twin Research and Human Genetics
The following print journals were cancelled for 2012:
- American Journal of Health Promotion
- American Journal of Orthopedics
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology
- Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
- Ethnicity & Disease
- Hand Clinics
- Journal of Wound Care
- Neuroimaging Clinics of North America
- Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
The following subscription e-books were cancelled for 2012:
- Danforth’s Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Drug Facts and Comparisons, Pocket Version
- Duane’s Ophthalmology
- Fundamental Immunology
- Manual of Clinical Oncology
- Merritt’s Neurology
- Modern Epidemiology
- Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms
- The 5-Minute Clinical Consult
- Washington Manual of Surgery
The following electronic journals have been added to the HSLS collection for 2012:
- Alzheimer’s & Dementia
- Annals of Pharmacotherapy*
- Autism Research
- Bone Key
- Brain Stimulation
- Clinical Practice Neurology
- EMBO Molecular Medicine
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses
- JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
- Journal for Healthcare Quality
- Journal for the Education of the Gifted
- Journal of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Journal of Generic Medicines
- Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Journal of Medical Marketing
- Journal of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine
- Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
- Laryngoscope*
- Mitochondrion
- Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
- Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery*
- Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
- Pain Management Nursing
- Pediatric Obesity
- PM&R
- Prosthetics & Orthotics International
- Psychiatric Services*
- Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
* reinstated for 2012