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CDMC-ST DPR Survey: Is your library currently participating in the DPR?. CDMC-ST DPR Survey: Because of the DPR, has your library discarded any print JSTOR or ACS volumes that were not your.
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CDMC-ST DPR Survey: Is your library currently participating in the DPR?
CDMC-ST DPR Survey: Because of the DPR, has your library discarded any print JSTOR or ACS volumes that were not your ...
CDMC-ST DPR Survey: If you did discard or plan to discard in the near future, how many linear feet of shelf space do ...
CDMC-ST DPR Survey: The CDMC Steering Team is considering expanding the DPR to include more titles and/or formats. ...
Comments • Barriers to discarding include • Time • No space problem • Getting faculty buy-in • Feeling that research libraries should hold things “just in case”
Comments (2) • Other publishers, platforms that should be considered: • Sage • Wiley • Springer • Taylor & Francis • BioOne Reliability of electronic archive is an important factor.
Comments (3) • Labor-intensive for updating records and bookplating (2) • “DPR provided an important and convincing rationale to our faculty when we explained that the print holdings of consortium members (JSTOR and ACS) would be the regional backup for stable online access” • “I think it’s helping to change the conversation a bit about what we subscribe to and what we provide access to in other ways, which is a good thing” • “The first steps in making collaboration a reality for institutions at a strategic level”