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Changing use patterns of print journals in the digital age: Impacts of electronic equivalents on print chemistry journal use

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Little data are available that can help librarians solve issues surrounding print versus online journals management, including ascertaining when print journals are no longer needed. This study examines the short‐term effects of online availability on the use of print chemistry journals. The Duke University Chemistry Library gained access to Elsevier titles via ScienceDirect in February 2000. By comparing reshelving data for the print journals from 1999, 2000, and 2001, this study identifies the short‐term changes in journals use that can be attributed to the introduction of ScienceDirect. In the first two years after ScienceDirect was introduced, use of print journals nearly halved. The diminished use of the print collection has important implications for collection management in sci‐tech libraries.

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  • K.T.L. Vaughan, 2003. "Changing use patterns of print journals in the digital age: Impacts of electronic equivalents on print chemistry journal use," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 54(12), pages 1149-1152, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:54:y:2003:i:12:p:1149-1152
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.10319
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    1. Zahed Bigdeli & Morteza Kokabi & Gholam Reza Rajabi & Ali Gazni, 2013. "Patterns of authors’ information scattering: towards a causal explanation of information scattering from a scholarly information-seeking behavior perspective," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 96(1), pages 103-131, July.
    2. Milan Frederik Klus & Alexander Dilger, 2020. "Success factors of academic journals in the digital age," Business Research, Springer;German Academic Association for Business Research, vol. 13(3), pages 1115-1143, November.
    3. Sandra L De Groote & Mary Shultz & Neil R Smalheiser, 2015. "Examining the Impact of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy on the Citation Rates of Journal Articles," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-9, October.
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