Just in time vs. just in case: Examining the benefits of Subsidized Unmediated Ordering (SUMO) vs. journal subscription

Serials Librarian

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 265-269

  Houle, Louis ^a   Beckett, Chris ^a   Costakos, Chuck ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Online Computer Library Center Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0043028634     PISSN: 0361526X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J123v44n03_18     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. For most of the study, users were blocked from ordering copies of journals held by the library. As part of the study, however, the block was removed for two eight-month periods between 1999 and 2001. The users were not told that the block was removed. During these periods, 42% of the titles and 41% of the articles requested were held by the McGill University libraries, demonstrating convincingly the need for such blocking.
2. Association of Research Libraries (2002). ARL Statistics. Retrieved August 2002 from the Association of Research Libraries Web site: http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/.
3. Holmes, David (May 2000). Commentary on the 1998-1999 CARL Statistics: An Introduction and Retrospective Overview. Retrieved August 2002 from Canadian Association of Research Libraries/Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada Web site: http://www.uottawa.ca/library/carl/projects/stats/Commentary_Overview.htm.
4. Jackson, M. (1998), Measuring the Performance of Interlibrary Loan Operations in North American Research and College Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. This article reports the results of a 1996 study showing the total average cost to be US $27.83. It compares these results to those of an earlier study in 1992 in which the average total cost of ILL was US $29.55 per transaction.
5. See note 1 above.
6. Line, M. B., and D. N. Wood (1975), The effects of large-scale photocopying service on journal sales, Journal of Documentation, 31(4), 234-275.
7. Woodward, A. N. (1978), Factors Affecting the Renewal of Periodical Subscriptions, Aslib (London).
8. ICSTI (2002). A comparative study of access to journals through subscriptions and document delivery. Retrieved August 2002 from the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) Web site: http://www.icsti.org/comparative.html.
9. Ingenta Institute (2001). Assumptions vs. Reality: User behaviour in sourcing scholarly information. Ingenta Institute (Bath, UK)