** Apologies for cross-posting**
Many thanks to all who responded to my message. Here are the answers:
2 institutions used centralised funding
4 used a mixed model
Of the mixed models, 3 institutions had control over subscription budgets, whilst book/one-off purchase budgets were devolved to departments. 2 of these also held some money centrally to purchase extra copies of books in demand, or books requested by students. 1 institution had a small proportion of the budget held by the library, but most devolved to departments.
In terms of how you engaged academics in spending of the budgets, the answers were:
- Any way we can think of: personal contact, discussion on committees etc.
- Encouraging requests from academics via the subject librarians
- Engaging academics as part of the budget-setting process
- Undertaking needs-assessments with departments
- Subscriptions are managed by a committee of senior academics
How are cancellations dealt with?
- 3 institutions combined looking at usage figures and feedback from academics
- 1 institution consulted departments
- 1 institution looked at the business case for each new resource/cancellation (again covering usage, price and academic priorities)
In terms of keeping wishlists:
- 1 institution monitors spending within subject areas and keeps a list online
- 1 institution kept a wishlist centrally
- 1 institution had wishlists maintained by individual subject librarians
Best wishes,
Caroline
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Caroline Gale BA(Hons) MA MCLIP
Team Leader: Academic Support Consultants (Humanities & Social Sciences)
Library & Research Support Division, Academic Services
Main Library, University of Exeter
Stocker Road, Exeter. EX4 4PT
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