Core Journals: Fact or Fiction

Barbara Butler, University of OregonJanet Webster, Oregon State University

Journals remain the backbone of scientific communication.

Collections serve unique communities.

Decision need to be made locally.

Collections cuts are ubiquitous.

Access is as valuable as ownership.

“The lifeblood of a university is its library, and cutting library resources is like cutting off oxygen to the brain.” Robert Buckingham, University of Saskactchewan

Classics

• Marine Ecology Progress Series

• Deep-Sea Research. Part 2

• Journal of Experimental Marine

• Biology and Ecology

• Marine Biology

Varying opinions

• Biological Bulletin

• Bulletin of Marine Science

• Canadian J. of Fisheries &Aquatic Sciences

• ICES J. of Marine Science

• Limnology and Oceanography

AquacultureFisheries OceanographyFishery BulletinJournal of Fish BiologyTransactions of the American Fisheries Society

Fisheries Titles

IAMSLIC orphans

• Journal of Marine Research

• Journal of Phycology

• Journal of Plankton Research

• Marine and Freshwater Research

• Marine Environmental Research

What are your users really doing and using?

Does it matter where they publish?

What is your budget?

Is borrowing less expensive than buying/licensing?

Who are your partners?

What is good enough?

Thanks!Questions?