Hi all,
I'm sure this has probably been done to death (although currently my information retrieval skills appear to be failing me and I can't see anything much in the archives of this list) but I'm in the process of preparing a paper to explain issues/processes of procuring electronic resources for our accountant, and he has asked for specific information about dates. I know his next question will be why are the start of most of our subscription dates are what they are, i.e. not aligned with the academic year.
We did draft a letter to some of our suppliers a while back asking them to consider aligning subscriptions, but I can't recall what happened beyond that!
Has anyone managed to align their subscription dates to their financial year, and if so, has it had any sort of impact on management of resources and/or relationships with finance departments?
Any insights would be very much appreciated!
Many thanks.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Sarah Taylor
Electronic Resources Librarian
The Peter Marsh Library
University of Bolton
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