42 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
SHARED STEWARDSHIP: JOURNALS
Over the past two decades, the backfiles of many academic journals have been digitized and made available online. Some librarians
believe that it remains important to maintain print versions of these digitized journal backfiles, either at their own institutions, or in a
way that is accessible for community use when needed. Below is a list of some reasons that print versions of well-digitized, digitally
preserved scholarly journal backfiles might need to be preserved and maintained.
18. Please indicate how important, if at all, each of these reasons is to your library, regardless of
whether your library itself has elected to deaccession print journals. Please make one selection per
row. N=50
Reason 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
To provide access to illustrative content, including
images and foldouts
0 1 6 18 24 49
To guard against catastrophic loss of online
resources
2 10 14 11 13 50
To correct scanning errors 0 7 19 13 11 50
To authenticate a version of record 4 5 22 9 10 50
To address changing scanning standards and
practices
0 8 26 6 10 50
To provide access to supplementary/ancillary
physical materials, including CD-ROMs, floppy disks,
and microforms
3 11 15 12 9 50
To provide print copies for digitally disabled users 4 4 24 8 9 49
To preserve the intrinsic value of the artifact 1 20 16 6 7 50
My community thinks it is important (sometimes
expressed as “campus politics”)
3 19 20 4 4 50
To promote institutional prestige 15 26 7 2 0 50
To relieve or avoid workloads associated with
deaccessioning
24 18 7 1 0 50
Total Responses 26 45 44 38 33 50
SHARED STEWARDSHIP: JOURNALS
Over the past two decades, the backfiles of many academic journals have been digitized and made available online. Some librarians
believe that it remains important to maintain print versions of these digitized journal backfiles, either at their own institutions, or in a
way that is accessible for community use when needed. Below is a list of some reasons that print versions of well-digitized, digitally
preserved scholarly journal backfiles might need to be preserved and maintained.
18. Please indicate how important, if at all, each of these reasons is to your library, regardless of
whether your library itself has elected to deaccession print journals. Please make one selection per
row. N=50
Reason 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
To provide access to illustrative content, including
images and foldouts
0 1 6 18 24 49
To guard against catastrophic loss of online
resources
2 10 14 11 13 50
To correct scanning errors 0 7 19 13 11 50
To authenticate a version of record 4 5 22 9 10 50
To address changing scanning standards and
practices
0 8 26 6 10 50
To provide access to supplementary/ancillary
physical materials, including CD-ROMs, floppy disks,
and microforms
3 11 15 12 9 50
To provide print copies for digitally disabled users 4 4 24 8 9 49
To preserve the intrinsic value of the artifact 1 20 16 6 7 50
My community thinks it is important (sometimes
expressed as “campus politics”)
3 19 20 4 4 50
To promote institutional prestige 15 26 7 2 0 50
To relieve or avoid workloads associated with
deaccessioning
24 18 7 1 0 50
Total Responses 26 45 44 38 33 50
