Journal acquisition and cost-effectiveness in a special library : A case study

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Brookes' Model, based on traditional Bradford's approach, as a quantification method, has some loopholes which can be overcome by ranking journals considering both productivity and subscription cost. This paper reports such a study. The major findings are 1) This method is a further improvement and rationalization of Brooke’s method and traditional Bradford's approach. 2) There is a steady decrease in the value of Rupee in terms of yield of relevant papers and thus journal acquisition reaches the point of diminishing returns at a certain stage. 3) There is a significant difference in the two ranked lists.</span>