We are doing a bit of both.
VAT makes a big hole in a budget for a library our size. It makes
economic sense to go for e-only when staff costs are taken into account
but we have the staff, its done dusted and paid for so to speak. space
is a major concern here as well so taking all things into consideration
we are biting the bullet and shelling out the VAT on single subs for
big research journals.
We are also going to looking at what print titles we start binning for
subs where the print keeps coming whether we want it or not.
Im not sure there is a direct cost to the library of binning this sort
of stuff. of course we would not have the same volume as you. we dont
currently pay for trash to be carted away so it just goes into a heavy
duty black bag and into our skip.
Best wishes
Marina
Marina Logan Bruce
Library Services Manager
St. George's University of London
Cranmer Terrace
LONDON SW17 0RE
Tel: 020 8725 5452
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From: "Smith, Simone I G" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2005 10:11 am
Subject: Costs of binning print copies of journals
> Hello,
>
> Please can anyone help me? My manager has asked me to look for
> information which answers the following question:
>
> whether from an economic point of view an academic library should
> subscribe to e-only and take a hit on the VAT, or go for print &
> electronic and bin the print?
>
> I would be very interested to hear how you are tackling this
> issue. Has
> anyone estimated the cost of binning the print copies? Staff time is
> spent opening and dealing with the incoming journals, and the
> costs of
> disposal are involved as well. I will be very grateful for any
> responses.
>
> Many thanks,
> Simone Smith
>
> Ms Simone Smith
> Senior Library Assistant
> Information Resources Development
> Central Library
> Imperial College London
> South Kensington campus
> London SW7 2AZ
>
> Tel: 020 7594 8615
> Fax: 020 7594 8876
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> http://www.imperial.ac.uk/library
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