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| Title: | An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project |
| Authors: | Murphy, Anne |
| Affiliation: | Tallaght Hospital |
| Citation: | Murphy, A, An evidence-based approach to engaging healthcare users in a journal review project, Insights, 2012, 25(1) 44-50, doi:10.1629/2048-7754.25.1.44 |
| Publisher: | UKSG |
| Journal: | Insights |
| Issue Date: | 7-Mar-2012 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/244192 |
| Additional Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/2048-7754.25.1.44 |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | Due to significant cutbacks in the Irish health service, the Adelaide and Meath Hospital inc. the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH) Library’s budget was reduced by 25% in 2011, necessitating the cancellation of journals. This paperdescribes a journal review project that adopted an evidence-based approach to evaluate journals for retention or cancellation. A second project aim was to communicate to users that a major reduction to the Library budget was expected and to prepare them for journal cancellations. A decision-making process was designed which used journal metrics and user evaluations. 500 key users were surveyed to rate journals relevant, of whom 36% responded. The process informed the decision making for 80% of titles. Of a potential 286 journals, 73 (25%) were identified for cancellation. It also provided a basis on which to evaluate journals similar in price, impact and coverage which otherwise would have been difficult to differentiate. |
| Keywords: | User evaluations
Journals
Journal metrics
Cancellations |
| ISSN: | 2048-7754 (Online) |
| Appears in Collections: | Library & Information Science
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