SCELC Fall 2020 budget & cancellation survey Preview 20200901
Questions are required unless otherwise noted
Demographic Information
- Respondent Name & Respondent Email
- Institution Name
- Institution Type
- General Academic | “Special Focus” Academic | Research/Hospital
- Expected Fall 2020 Student, Researcher, or Staffed-Bed FTE
- 1-500 | 500-1200 | 1201-3000 | 3001-5000 | 5001-8000 | 8001-12000 | 12001+
- How is your institution’s FTE expected to change this fall (compared to last fall)?
- Decrease | about the same | decrease | don’t know what to expect
- If you have an expected PERCENTAGE change in fall FTE, please enter it below (Optional) (versus last Fall)
- In which month does your fiscal year begin?
(*If next fiscal year Starts in Oct - March, the following questions are presented as next & current instead of current & last)
Budget Information
- Do you have final *total* library budget amount for your current fiscal year? (including staff, operations and materials)
- Yes | Maybe | No, have a most likely scenario | No, and I can't provide a most likely scenario (skip to Pending Cancellations)
- How did your current fiscal year's TOTAL library budget change relative to last year?
- Decreased / stayed the same / Increased
- By what percentage did your TOTAL library budget change?
- What was your library MATERIALS budget ($) for *last* fiscal year?
- What is your library MATERIALS budget ($) for *this* fiscal year? (Responses based on expected values are fine)
- How did this year's *electronic resources* budget change relative to last fiscal year?
- Decreased / stayed the same / increased / To be determined
- Please estimate the percentage change in your *electronic resources* budget from last year to this year (Optional)
Pending Cancellations
- How likely are you to cancel SCELC subscriptions that renew on or before Jan 1, 2021 that SCELC hasn't yet been notified of?
- Unlikely...Unsure...Likely
- If unlikely, skip to Additions? If Unsure Or Likely>>
- Please enter your best estimate of the cost ($) of likely or possible electronic resource cancellation(s) that SCELC hasn’t yet been notified of (Optional) (subscriptions that renew on or before Jan 1, 2021 - Your best estimate or expectation is ok, and even a rough estimate would be helpful)
- If you estimated a cancellation cost, please add a ($) range here representing the likely minimum and maximum cancellation: [e.g. 0 - 50000] (Optional)
- When do you expect to notify SCELC of these additional cancellations? (Notification prior to November 1 is required for most January 1 renewals)
- Sept 15 / Sept 30 / Oct 15 / Oct 31
Pending ejournal package cancellations
- Does your institution subscribe to a journal package from one or more of the following
through SCELC? (ACS, BioOne, Cambridge, Elsevier, Emerald, Oxford, SAGE, Springer Nature, University of Chicago, Wiley)
- No / Yes
- IF NO, skip to Additions? If YES >>
- How likely is your library to cancel one or more of these packages effective Jan 1 2021. (SCELC must receive notification no later than October 31, 2020)?
- Unlikely / Unsure / Likely
- If unlikely, skip to Additions? IF LIKELY OR UNSURE >>
- Which package or packages is your institution likely and/or unsure about cancelling? (Select all that apply)
- ACS, BioOne, Cambridge, Elsevier, Emerald, Oxford, SAGE, Springer Nature, University of Chicago, Wiley)
- Of these, which one package is your institution *most likely* to cancel effective Jan 1 2021? (Choose one)
- ACS, BioOne, Cambridge, Elsevier, Emerald, Oxford, SAGE, Springer Nature, University of Chicago, Wiley)
Additions?
- Does your library plan to add or replace any electronic resources to address needs brought about by Covid19? (i.e. any time between now and June 2021)
- No / Maybe / Yes
- If no, skip to Final Comments/Questions; If Maybe / Yes >>
- Which type(s) of resources are you looking for? (Select all that apply)
- eBooks | eTextbooks | eJournals/eJournal article Databases | streaming video | other electronic content (e.g. Datasets, Primary Sources) | software / platforms (e.g. Springshare, ThirdIron) | online educational tools/apps
- Please tell us more about the specifics of what you're looking for (Optional)
Final comments / questions
- Please add any comments or questions here (Optional)