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Bibliographic Databases in the Sciences and Engineering: Are They Going to Survive?

Bibliographic Databases in the Sciences and Engineering: Are They Going to Survive?. Nevenka Zdravkovska & Bob Kackley University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Background on the University. Clark School of Engineering Engineering 17 th Aerospace engineering 8 th

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Bibliographic Databases in the Sciences and Engineering: Are They Going to Survive?

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  1. Bibliographic Databases in the Sciences and Engineering: Are They Going to Survive? Nevenka Zdravkovska & Bob Kackley University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

  2. Background on the University ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  3. Clark School of Engineering Engineering 17th Aerospace engineering 8th Computer engineering 17th Electrical engineering 14th Civil engineering 21st Mechanical engineering 24th College of Computer, Mathematical & Physical Sciences Computer Science 13th Artificial intelligence 9th Systems 12th Programming languages 17th Mathematics 21st Applied mathematics 12th Physics 13th Atomic, molecular, optical 5th Plasma physics 2nd Quantum physics 9th Nuclear physics 10th Condensed matter, solid state 13th Elementary particles/string theory13th 2008 U.S. News & World Report Graduate Rankings Fountain in front of the Math Building Background on Sciences/Engineering @ UMD ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  4. UM’s 8 libraries Engineering & Physical Sciences Library (EPSL) largest of the branches 13 permanent staff (6 professional librarians) Background on the Libraries& EPSL ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  5. Collections ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  6. Journals Cancellation • Serials inflation in early 2000’s at rate of 10%/year (DBs at 8%/year) • Cancellations in total UM Libraries Budget: FY02- 2%, FY03-5%, FY04-2.5% • Began 2nd Review in 8/2005 with creation of 25% target into 3 prioritized segments • Still, UM Libraries had worse materials’ cuts in FY07-8%, FY08-9%, FY09-5% ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  7. Free Journal Tools • EnginFactor – Ranking and Mapping Scientific Knowledge http://eigenfactor.org/ • SJR SCImago Journal and Country Ranking http://www.scimagojr.com/ • Journal-Ranking.com http://www.journal-ranking.com/ranking/web/index.html • Journal Info (Lund University) http://jinfo.lub.lu.se/ • Eureka – Science Journal Watch http://www.eurekajournalwatch.org/index.php/Main_Page ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  8. Bibliographic Databases • FY09 Databases and Serials Received Equal Scrutiny budget-wise • Overlap already on journals in many databases • Report that Google Scholar indexes 90% of recent engineering research????????? • 2008 Univ. of British Columbia dropped INSPEC -- we followed suit despite loss of subject area comprehensiveness • But potentially will save much $ in the future??? ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  9. Databases Comparison Tools • CUFTS: Open Source Serials Management • http://researcher.sfu.ca/cufts • JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Academic Database Assessment Tool • http://www.jisc-adat.com/adat/home.pl ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  10. Cancelled Databases • ABI Inform • Access Science • Ageline    • Alternative Press Index    • Annotated Bibliography of English Studies, eff. January 1, 2009 • Arts & Humanities Search • Biography Index    • Books in Print • Index of Christian Art, eff. May 31, 2008 • INSPEC (we will retain access to INSPEC Archive--Science Abstracts 1868 - 1968) • Lexis-Nexis Government Periodicals Index    • NTIS, eff. October 1, 2008 • Polling the Nations, eff. April 7, 2008 ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  11. Cost/Search ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  12. Free Databases • Scitopia.com - http://www.scitopia.com • NTIS.gov - http://www.ntis.gov • Worldcat.org – www.worldcat.org • USPTO.gov - http://www.uspto.gov • Espacenet.com – http://ep.espacenet.com • Pubmed Central - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov • Agricola – http://agricola.nal.usda.gov • ERIC – http://www.eric.ed.gov ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  13. On Demand Databases • 1998 at Georgetown University library, INSPEC via OCLC – was cut ($20K/yr) • INSPEC via DATASTAR (European Dialog now owned by Proquest) on Pay-Per-View then • Successful plan for less than original designation of $5K – so, BIOSIS Previews added as well in that fashion • Future of databases as well as journals ??? ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  14. Conclusion “The research needs of the 21st century revolve around finding new truths …. not confirming that which is already known” Wallace, Danny P. 2007. Academic Library and Research in the Twenty-First Century: Linking Practice and Research. Journal of Academic Librarianship 33: 529-531 ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

  15. Thank You! nevenka@umd.edu rkackley@umd.edu ICoASL2008, New Delhi November 27, 2008

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