The University of St. Thomas

BLRT Journal titles for Cancellation Consideration

Business Librarians Roundtable:
Journal titles for Cancellation Consideration
in FY 01-02 Budget

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