Informationsbudgets an wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen

Ergebnisse einer Befragungsstudie

Abstract

Academic institutions are advised by the German Council of Science and Humanities and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to obtain a complete overview of their financial flows to publishers. This comprehensive view is to be realized by means of monitoring procedures, thus laying the basis for the development of an information budget. This study investigates the implementation of an information budget at academic institutions, in particular at university libraries. For this purpose, guideline-based interviews were conducted. The results show that the introduction of an information budget is perceived by the participants as a significant topic and is considered sensible in its basic idea. Due to the heterogeneity of local conditions in the institutions surveyed, the implementation of the information budget is very diverse. It turned out that there are similarities between libraries in terms of requirements and challenges with the information budget, but also different approaches and library-specific needs. This paper reflects the experiences and assessments of the participants and makes it clear that the funding requirements and local structures are decisive for the form of the information budget.