The thematic structure of multidisciplinary license collections of periodicals: supply and demand

Abstract

The article analyses the subject structure of four large licensed journal collections of foreign publishers available for many Russian libraries due to the national subscription program financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Priority subjects are described in terms of Web of Science Core Collection subject headings and by Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development second level rubrics. It introduces a method to assess using these collections (uploading articles from them) by subject headings. Comparing subjects offered in collections and article downloads indexed by these subjects allow to make informed decisions on changes in the library acquisition profile

Keywords

• licensed journal collections
• national subscription
• subject structure
• subject headings
• collections usage
• usage statistics
• acquisition profile