
These titles have been proposed by subject liaisons (in consultation with faculty members in the various departments) as titles for possible cancellation. Note: This list also includes some titles to transfer to the Law Library and the Keffer Library. Please review this list and send your comments to mdhageman@stthomas.edu.
Update 7/19/01: Challenged titles that we would like to keep for now have been moved to the bottom of the page.
General Indexes:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Human Resources Abstracts (Sage) | 1975- | $528 | 5 uses at OSF in last 2 years |
| Personnel Management Abstracts | 1981- | $196 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years |
| Topicator (ref.) | 1982- | $116 | No use at OSF in last 2 years |
| Total | $840 |
Accounting:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Government Accountants Journal (renamed Journal of Government Financial Management) | 1976- | $66 | No use at OSF in last 2 years |
| Journal of Accounting Research | 1963- | $95 | 2 uses at OSF in last 2 years |
| Practical Tax Strategies (prev. title, Taxation for Accountants) | 1985- | $151 | No use at OSF in last 2 years |
| Total | $312 |
Business Law and Entrepreneurship:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Move the following titles to the Law Library: | |||
| Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts (Ref.) | Current | $857.26 | 5 uses at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. will take |
| Computer Law/Drafting & Negotiating Forms & Agreements (ref.) | Current | $182 (standing order) |
1 use at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. will take |
| Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties | 1998- | $138 | 1 use at OSF in last 3 years; Law Lib. will take |
| International Review of Law and Economics (Butterworths) | 1986- | $392 | 3 uses at OSF in last 2 years; Law Library says MAYBE. CANCEL if Law Lib. decides they don't want it |
| Labor Relations Reporter: Labor Arbitration (ref.) | Current in ref., older in Circ. | $1147 | No use at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. will take |
| Subtotal | $2716.26 | ||
| Cancel: | |||
| Antitrust Law & Economics Review | 1974- | $135 (standing order) |
2 uses at OSF in last 3 years; Law Lib. has backfile and subs. |
| Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (formerly Industrial Relations Law Journal) | 1976- | $43 | 3 uses at OSF in last 3 years; Law Lib. has backfile and subs. |
| Collaborative Membership (newsletter and directory) - Minnesota New Venture Collaborative | Current 2 years | $301 | Keffer has; OSF only keeps current 2 years |
| Family Business Review | OSF 1988- | $92 | Keffer has 1991- (they may want back issues?) |
| Journal of Law Economics and Organization | 1997- | $72 | 2 uses at OSF in last 3 years; Law Lib. has backfile and subs. |
| Journal of Legal Studies | 1997- | $51 | 4 uses at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. has backfile and subs. |
| Minnesota Law Review | 1917- | $92 (standing order) |
3 uses at OSF in last 3 years; Law Lib. has backfile and subs. |
| Shepards Minnesota Citations Cases & Statutes | Current | $627 (standing order) |
No uses at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. has |
| Subtotal | $1413 |
Finance:
| Title | Holdings | Price | Notes |
| CFA Digest | 1979- | $40 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years |
| Total | $40 |
International Business:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Business in Russia | 1995- | $85 | 16 uses at OSF in last 2 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF |
| Foreign Labor Trends (ref.) | Series | $29 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years; U of M has |
| International Finance and Treasury: Weekly Report for International Finance Executives (ref.) | 1995- | $1295 | 2 uses at OSF in last 2 years |
| Journal of Language for International Business | 1984- | $56 | 9 uses at OSF in last 2 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF |
| Total | $1465 |
Management:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Health Care Management Review | 1976- | $160 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years; cancel, or transfer to Keffer? |
| Journal of Property Management | 1972- | $44 | 5 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI and GBF |
| Management Today | 1984- | $167 | 15 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI and GBF |
| Public Manager | 1992- | $56 | 7 uses at OSF in last 2 years; indexed in ABI and GBF; GBF started FT in 2000; U of M has 1992- |
| Total | $327 |
Marketing:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Marketing Magazine | 1993- | $94 | 10 uses at OSF in last 2 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF |
| Marketing News | 1967- | $130 | Keffer has current; 11 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI and GBF |
| Reputation Management | 1995- | $60 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF |
| NOTE: This does not count 3 Marketing journals listed under general/trade journals, and Topicator (under Indexes above) | |||
| Total | $284 |
General/other business periodicals (including trade journals):
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Amusement Business | current year | $129 | 5 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT on 4 databases, and image on ABI and GBF; OK with Marketing dept. |
| Appliance Manufacturer | 1999- | $55 | FT in ABI and Dow Jones; image in ABI |
| Automotive Manufacturing and Production | 1996- | $50 | 4 uses in last year; FT in 3 databases, image in ABI and GBF |
| Beverage World (microfiche subs. only) | 1985- | $56 fiche | We propose cancelling the fiche subs. and just keeping current year of the print. See below under challenged titles for details. |
| Business Ethics | 1990- | $55 | 12 uses at OSF in last 3 years; not indexed in business indexes; Keffer has 1990- ?; OK with Business ethics faculty to cancel |
| Call Center Solutions/Customer Interactive Solutions | 1998- | $49 | No use at OSF in last 2 years; FT in GBF, L/N, B & I; imaged in GBF |
| Chemical Market Reporter | 1996- | $129 $146 fiche |
FT and image in all business products except L/N |
| Computer Reseller News | current 6 months | $209 | FT in all business products, image in ABI since 1996 |
| DSN Retailing Today | 1993- | $99 $78 fiche |
FT in all business databases, image in ABI |
| FoodReview | 1991- | $33 | FT in ABI and GBF since early 1990s, imaged in ABI and GBF since mid-1990s |
| Global Cosmetic Industry | 1999- | $25 | FT in 4 business databases, image in ABI |
| Hotel & Motel Management | 1993- | $45 $179 fiche |
FT in all business databases, image in ABI |
| Journal of Business Ethics | 1982- | $1004 | 33 users at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI and GBF; Business ethics faculty says its one of the 2 most important journals in the field, and online access is sufficient so it print can be cancelled |
| National Underwriter - Life/Health | 1960- | $68 $60 film |
FT in all business databases, image in ABI |
| National Underwriter - Property/Casualty | 1986- | $88 $120 film |
FT in all business databases, image in ABI |
| Nation's Restaurant News | 1993- | $149 $80 fiche |
FT in all business databases, image in ABI and GBF |
| Total | $ 2187 print $ 649 fiche/film |
Challenged titles that we would like to keep:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| Across the Board | 1989- | $53 | Keffer has 1992-; FT in ABI, GBF, and Dow Jones; 6 uses at OSF in last 2 years; Ruth Z. recommends keep. |
| Adweek Midwest Edition | 1991- | $140 | 30 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI, GBF, and Dow Jones; Ruth Z. recommends keep, it is being used, and indexing varies by edition. |
| Athletic Business | Keffer 1994- | $50 | low use and not indexed in any business database. Keep and consider moving to OSF for use by Health/Human Perf.? EK will pursue |
| Beverage World (print subs.) | 1985- | $65 | 1 use at OSF in last 2 years; FT in 4 databases, imaged in ABI and GBF; OK with Marketing dept.; we would lose the Beverage World Databank - we propose cancelling the fiche subs. (as listed above) and just keep current year of the print |
| Brandweek | 1992- | $140 | Keffer has 1992-; 18 uses at OSF in last 2 years; FT in ABI, GBF, and Dow Jones; Ruth Z. recommends keep. |
| Business Ethics: A European Review | 1993- | $462 | 15 uses at OSF in last 3 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF, but IS indexed in SSI and SocAbs; Business ethics faculty would like to keep |
| Business Ethics Quarterly | 1991- | $125 | 15 uses at OSF in last 2 years; not indexed in ABI or GBF, but IS indexed in Expanded Academic, Philosopher's Index, Social Sciences Index, and SWA; Business ethics faculty says its one of the 2 most important journals in the field: a "must-have" and we need to keep it |
| Business Periodicals Index | 1958- | $2257 | Compare to ABI/Inform, General BusinessFile databases; 75 uses at OSF in last 2 years; U of M has to 1996; a QMCS faculty member requests we keep, for indexing of computing trade publications. KEEP because it is being used, we will continue to monitor |
| Decision Sciences | 1976- | $84 | Keffer has 1970-?; FT in ABI; 3 uses at OSF in last 2 years; Ruth Z. recommends keep; QMCS prof requests we keep, used in QMCS 410 and 411, Operations Research I and II. Keep for now: image or actual page is essential for tables in this title |
| International Securities Regulation/Stock Exchanges of the World (ref.) | 1997- | $783 (standing order) |
No use at OSF in last 2 years; Law Lib. says probably not. Keep and we'll monitor, esp. in regard to reorganization of the College of Business and its future directions |
| Journal of Organizational Behavior (Wiley) | 1997- | $1090 | 29 uses at OSF in last 2 years; indexed in ABI and GBF (NOT FT); U of M has 1988- ; Ruth Z. recommends keep. Keep for now, pending Wiley's development of FT product (in progress) |
| Management Science | 1971- | $333 | 17 uses at OSF in last 2 years; indexed in ABI and GBF; U of M has 1967- ; 2 QMCS profs request we keep, used in QMCS 410 and 411, Operations Research I and II. . Keep; another title in which we need print or image for tables |
| Traffic World | 1954- | $174 $204 fiche |
FT in ABI, PROMT, and Dow Jones, image since 1998 in ABI. EK recommends we keep for distribution coverage |
| Transportation and Distribution | 1966- | $50 | FT in 5 business databases, image in ABI and GBF. EK recommends we keep for distribution coverage |
| Total | $5310 |
Human Resources titles that were moved to Keffer and should be kept, not cancelled:
| Title | Holdings | Cost | Notes |
| It turns out that these titles have already been moved to Keffer Library, there are no duplicates, and we need to keep them all | |||
| Employee Assistance Quarterly | 1985- at Keffer? | $381 | 16 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| HR Focus | 1991- | $99 | 10 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| HR Magazine | 1990- | $70 | 26 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Human Resource Management | 1983- at Keffer? | $390 | 28 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Journal of Career Development | 1987- at Keffer? | $295 | 37 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Journal of Career Planning and Employment | 1985- at Keffer? | $78 | 16 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Journal of Compensation and Benefits | 1996- at Keffer? | $207.20 | 10 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Journal of Human Resources | 1975- at Keffer? | $124 | 10 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| People Management | 1996- at Keffer? | $336.63 | 9 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Workforce | 1997- | $59 | 4 uses at OSF in last 2 years but moved this year to Keffer |
| Total | $2039.83 |