Abstract The sciences librarian and the electronic resources & serials librarian at Colorado College identified chemistry journal subscriptions for further investigation of usage and cost. Out of 14 chemistry-related journal titles on the renewal list from the library’s subscription agent, 8 journal titles were found to have high cost per use, based on the previous year’s price divided by number of articles downloaded. The authors considered the American Chemical Society guidelines for approval for Chemistry Departments and made sure other journal and journal package subscriptions outside these 8 titles fulfilled the ACS journal requirements. The authors then attended a Chemistry Department meeting to present these findings. Faculty agreed to cancel 6 of these titles and to add an inexpensive chemistry journal package for a newer faculty member; the net savings was $39,016.23.

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控制科学成本：化学期刊每次使用的成本审查

摘要 科罗拉多学院的科学图书馆员和电子资源和连续出版物图书馆员确定了化学期刊订阅，以进一步调查使用情况和成本。在图书馆订阅代理续订清单上的 14 种与化学相关的期刊中，有 8 种期刊的每次使用成本很高，根据上一年的价格除以下载的文章数量计算。作者考虑了美国化学学会批准化学系的指南，并确保这 8 个标题之外的其他期刊和期刊包订阅满足 ACS 期刊要求。作者随后参加了化学系会议以介绍这些发现。教职员工同意取消其中 6 个期刊，并为新教职员工添加廉价的化学期刊包；净节省为 39,016.23 美元。