Pruning periodical subscriptions at Glasgow University Library

Abstract

Faced with the prospect of a swingeing 15 per cent cut in their periodicals budget, Glasgow University Library carried out during 1977 several exercises to determine which titles would be missed least and whose absence would damage the integrity of the research collections least. The exercises — Use Survey and Departmental Grading — are described, together with the problems encountered, the benefits derived, and the lessons to be learned.