Crossroads of Collection and Content. Lois Schultz and Sheri Myers (Northern Kentucky University)
Like almost every library in the country Steely library was staring at a bleak reality; recurring cost items were consuming 80% of the materials budget. To make matters worse, each year the price of recurring cost items was taking a greater percentage of the total materials budget. In 2005/06 Steely Library implemented a new plan for survival, the Information Broker Service. The presenters will show how Steely Library cancelled high cost/low use journals to fund the purchasing of articles and materials requested by the faculty, staff, and students of Northern Kentucky University.