UNIST LIBRARY

“Journals are publications that appear on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.), and have an annual subscription price. They may be published in print or electronic form.

As the nature of journals is fundamentally different from that of books, journal selection must be carefully considered and treated differently from book selection. A subscription to a journal title represents significantly greater long-term fiscal, space (in the case of print), and staff commitments than the acquisition and processing of a book. Annual price increases for journals are historically higher (approximately 5 to 7 percent a year) than for books, and thus have a dramatic impact on the entire materials budget.”