[HeinOnline listserv] 2006 Bound Volume Survey Results
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Dear HeinOnline subscribers,
We recently conducted our third annual Bound Volume Survey, and would like to thank those who participated. The results of the three years can be found below.
Some of the highlights of this year's survey include:
1) There has been a 6% increase over 2005 in terms of the libraries that are now moving content available in HeinOnline to remote storage. Today, 1 in 5 survey respondents (20%) are now moving content to remote storage;
2) Nearly 1 in 4 respondents are disposing of bound volumes when the content is available in HeinOnline, while an additional 14% of respondents are considering plans to discard of some of their bound volumes;
3) More than 25% of respondents have ceased binding the journals they hold in hardcopy when the content is available in HeinOnline. Considering the cost of binding, HeinOnline truly provides the opportunity to help libraries redirect some of their budget towards other needs of the library.
Once again, thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to this year's survey. We hope the results will provide some insight into how some libraries are reacting with access to HeinOnline.
If you have any questions about the survey or HeinOnline, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Brian Jablonski
Director, Marketing & Publications
William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
1285 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14209-1987
800-828-7571 ext. 141
716-883-8100 fax
b_jablonski at wshein.com
2006 BOUND VOLUME SURVEY RESULTS
Y = yes
N = no
N* = no, but interested
UD = under discussion
1. Has your library moved any of the bound volumes found in HeinOnline to remote storage?
2006
Total responses: 74
Y: 15 = 20%
N: 59 = 80%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 0 = 0%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 13 = 14%
N: 64 = 70%
N*: 1 = 1%
UD: 2 = 2%
2004
Total Responses: 128
Y: 22 = 17%
N: 106 = 83%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 0 = 0%
2. If not, do you have any plans to do so?
2006
Total responses: 61
Y: 6 = 10%
N: 54 = 88.5%
N*: 1 = 1.5%
UD: 0 = 0%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 8 = 9%
N: 43 = 47%
N*: 10 = 11%
UD: 6 = 7%
2004
Total Responses: 106
Y: 17 = 16%
N: 88 = 83%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 1 = 1%
3. Has your library discarded any of the bound volumes of titles included in HeinOnline?
2006
Total responses: 74
Y: 17 = 23%
N: 57 = 77%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 0 = 0%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 17 = 18%
N: 58 = 63%
N*: 2 = 2%
UD: 1 = 1%
2004
Total Responses: 127
Y: 29 = 23%
N: 97 = 76%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 1 = 1%
4. If not, do you have plans to do so?
2006
Total responses: 66
Y: 9 = 14%
N: 49 = 74%
N*: 4 = 6%
UD: 4 = 6%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 6 = 7%
N: 44 = 48%
N*: 4 = 4%
UD: 5= 5%
2004
Total Responses: 102
Y: 29 = 23%
N: 97 = 76%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 1 = 1%
5. Has your library entered into a group remote storage project with other HeinOnline participating institutions to consolidate your print collections, given the availability of the titles in HeinOnline?
2006
Total responses: 74
Y: 1 = 1%
N: 70 = 95%
N*: 2 = 3%
UD: 1 = 1%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 0 = 0%
N: 70 = 76%
N*: 4 = 4%
UD: 2 = 2%
2004
Total Responses: 128
Y: 1 = 1%
N: 119 = 93%
N*: 7 = 5%
UD: 1=1%
6. Has your library discontinued binding recent issues as a result of your HeinOnline access?
2006
Total responses: 73
Y: 19 = 26%
N: 52 = 71%
N*: 1 = 1.5%
UD: 1 = 1.5%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 22 = 24%
N: 45 = 49%
N*: 9 = 10%
UD: 3 = 3%
2004
Total Responses: 126
Y: 28 = 22%
N: 98 = 78%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 0 = 0%
7. Has your library developed, or made plans to develop, other cost or shelf-space saving solutions as a result of your HeinOnline access?
2006
Total responses: 73
Y: 15 = 21%
N: 55 = 75%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 3 = 4%
2005
Total Responses: 92
Y: 15 = 16%
N: 45 = 49%
N*: 9 = 10%
UD: 3 = 3%
2004
Total Responses: 123
Y: 37 = 30%
N: 84 = 68%
N*: 0 = 0%
UD: 2 = 2%
8. If your library has developed other cost or shelf-space saving solutions, we would appreciate sharing these ideas with other HeinOnline subscribers. Please list your solutions below, and let us know if we can share them with other subscribers:
"Most of the material in HeinOnline is new to us. We are not a law library, but we do have a generalized government collection. We used to be housed in the same building as the state law library, but with our relocation to temporary quarters during a large renovation project, we will be using HeinOnline much more."
"Cancellation of services available on HeinOnline, and those available through our flat rate agreements as well as other online services."
"Online access to archival CFR will mean we don't need to keep archival print anymore, attorneys won't need to keep old volumes in their offices." (NOTE: CFR is coming this month to HeinOnline)
"For us HeinOnline has allowed access to materials we were unable to have either due to cost or space limitations. Therefore, there is little duplication that would allow for the removal of titles from the library."
"Our library will continue to retain on-site all the paper resources for as long as we have space and funding. This does not mean that we do not value Hein and the way it produces replicas of original pages, just that our library has a slightly different mission to many others."
"If we collect a periodical, we *collect* it, meaning that we treat it like any other title in our collection with the same preservation and retention policies. One change we have made due to Hein Online is that we are much more selective of new periodicals; if HOL has it, we will tend to not purchase it ourselves."
"Just that we are keeping some journals only until they appear in HeinOnline."
"High cost journals which are available in HeinOnline and which meet other criteria are being eliminated."
In response to #5: "The Law Library's titles will be moved to a remote storage facility which will include materials from all the libraries at UB" (University of Buffalo).
In response to #5: "No, but would like to - it would be great if NELLCO sponsored this."
"Nothing radical! - Mobile shelving, off-site storage, cancellations..."
"I would not say that we have a 'solution' yet, but we expect to rely more heavily on HeinOnline in the future."
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