Some Problems Concerning on Purchasing Academic Periodical Publications in University Libraries

Abstract

This report is the fruit of the research concerning both acquisition and purchase of academic periodical publications in university libraries especially in industrial and chemical faculty libraries.
The purchasing budget of academic periodical publications relating to engineering and chemistry in the university libraries in Japan are compared in the list. According to the list there is great difference among the book budget, but the avarage budget is about 20% of the total budget. In other words, in the scientific faculties about 80% of the budget are expensed by the study and various experiments. The rest is spent for buying books.
Then, how much money is spent for buying foreign books in these scientific faculties ? There are great difference, but it is clear that comparing government university libraries with the prefectural university libraries the latter is spending much money for buying foreign books. Furthermore the fact is that more than 50% of the periodicals published from 1950 to 1957 are utlized fully.
In conclusion it has been proved that periodical publications which are utilized highly by the students, are purchased above all publications. In the future it is believed that this report will be helpful for university librarians who have to select the new publications concerning with industrial or engineering chemistrv.