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# Deaccessioning E-Journal Print Backfiles Working Group ### Mission The RLG Programs Deaccessioning E-Journal Print Backfiles Working Group is charged with five main objectives: identifying the obstacles to deaccessioning print backfiles of journals available electronically; gathering the data necessary to decide when divesting is cost-effective; collecting examples of retention, preservation, and delivery service level agreements; creating a list of known print archives of e-journal titles; actually discarding some print backfiles at working group institutions. The working group was convened in May 2008, populated primarily by participants at the November 2007 RLG Programs Shared Print Collections Summit.
Name | Title | Institution
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Patricia Barnett | Director | Frick Art Reference Library
Steve Bosch | Materials Budget, Procurement, and Licensing Librarian | University of Arizona
Angela Carreņo | Head of Collection Development | New York University
Jeff Carroll | Assistant Director for Collection Development | Columbia University
Susan Currie | Associate Director of University Libraries | Binghamton University
Margaret Flood | Keeper, Collection Management | Trinity College Dublin
Milan Hughston | Director | Museum of Modern Art
Terry Kirchner | Director of Access Services | Columbia University
Deirdre Lawrence | Director | Brooklyn Museum of Art
Amy McColl | Assistant Head of Technical Services & Coordinator of Collection Development | Swarthmore College
Ken Soehner | Director | Metropolitan Museum of Art
Merle Slyhoff | Collection Development and Document Delivery Services Librarian | University of Pennsylvania Law
Carolyn Walters | Executive Associate Dean | Indiana University
Bob Wolven | Associate University Librarian for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development | Columbia University
This working group is staffed by RLG Program Officers Dennis Massie and Constance Malpas. ### Mode of operation The Deaccessioning E-Journal Print Backfiles Working Group meets via teleconference on a six-week cycle. A collaborative project space (restricted to members of the working group) is used to support project tracking and joint work. Occasional physical meetings are scheduled in conjunction with major conferences. An update on the work of this group was provided at the RLG Programs at ALA Annual Meeting, June 2008, in Anaheim, California. |  |
For more information Dennis Massie Program Officer massied@oclc.org