Description of the project 
Journals under consideration, sorted by title; sorted by LC call number
Bibliography

The first two sections of this document are general guidelines to use for any journal available in print and electronically.  The last section is a list of the specific criteria that will be used to determine the retention of bound journals also available through JSTOR.  Note:  This project is only reviewing journals that are also available through JSTOR, not any other journals available electronically. 

- Criteria to determine whether to retain bound material also available electronically
- Criteria to determine the stability of electronic vendors
- JSTOR criteria

Considerations used to determine whether to retain print journal back issues/volumes when access is available to an electronic version of the volumes

1.  Archival availability:

·        The electronic back file content is not owned by the University for use in perpetuity or there is no interface with which to access the content,

o        AND there is no access to back issues through a stable electronic vendor,

o        AND there is no access to back issues through a stable print depository.

·        The print content cannot be removed from the collection due to conditions of ownership, for example Federal and State government documents obtained through our status as a federal government depository 

2.  Content not the same

·        There is significant content in the print issues (e.g., book reviews, ads that are or have become a significant resource in themselves) that is not available in the electronic version

·        The electronic back file is not equivalent in coverage or content to the print back issues because issues or missing or content is selective rather than complete

3.  Images

·        Illustrative materials (tables, graphs, photos, illustrations, musical notation, scripts, etc.) are an important part of the content of the journal, and in the electronic version the quality of the images is inadequate for teaching, learning or research

·        A primary use of the journal is to browse for images, for example image-rich art or architecture journals 

4.  Special Collections

The print issues meet criteria for retention in Special Collections and Archives.

5.  High Use

The print issues or volumes are heavily used, as indicated through browse counts or other means.

Criteria for evaluating the reliability and stability of electronic resource vendors

Vendors are considered reliable and stable if their license:   

·        Ensures satisfactory downloading (satisfactory downloading is defined as that which is reasonable using Wesleyan’s bandwidth.)

·        Ensures satisfactory viewing, saving, printing

·        Allows direct linking to article level for reserve

·        Allows remote access by students and other members of the Wesleyan community, for example GLSP

·        Permits electronic and/or paper reserve use according to Wesleyan Library procedures 

Vendors are considered reliable and stable if their technical capability and support: 

·        Has been adequate since the product was launched, or for a significant period of time through the present

·        Has provisions to enable ongoing access to the back file content or access is available locally (and is demonstrated to be so)

·        Allows key activities such as satisfactory viewing, downloading or printing from personal workstations, home workstations or networked workstations 

·        Allows the download and/or use of images/graphics/illustrations without a significant diminution of quality

Print back issues may be retained if the electronic license does not allow Wesleyan to effectively use the title for teaching, learning or research. 

Criteria for determining whether or not to maintain on-campus print access to journal volumes and/or issues available electronically through JSTOR 

Bound volumes of journals may be retained if:

·         They are not stored or cannot be stored in the 5-College Library Depository, and therefore are not accessible to members of the Wesleyan community through its retrieval procedure.

·        They have been acquired as a result of Wesleyan's being a Federal government depository.

·        Their content and use relies to a substantial degree on the quality of illustrative materials (tables, graphs, photos, illustrations, musical notation, scripts, etc.), and this quality is not retained in the electronic version.

·        The journal is primarily used for browsing (e.g., newspapers, magazines, some art and architecture journals).

·         The print volumes and/or issues are heavily used, as indicated through browse counts or other means.

·        The journal is published by Wesleyan University, or Wesleyan University programs, faculty, staff, students, property or collections are regularly featured in the journal.

·        The paper on which the journal is printed is of a quality that can be preserved in a bound volume format.