Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to study the cancellation of subscription to particular foreign language journals in the state university central libraries between the fiscal year of 1989-1993. This research will focus on cause, subject areas covered, price, selected analysis and methodologies employed and criteria used in deciding when to cancel journals, readers and follow up after cancellation. The result of this study show that, between the fiscal years of 1989-1993, twenty-two state university central libraries cancelled 516 journals amounting to 3,279,777.81 baht. The reasons why the majority of cancelled subscriptions were the rising prices. Most libraries selected journals to be cancelled by researching readers' needs and tastes. Librarians used the readers' suggestions as the criteria for the majority of cancellation of journal subscriptions. In the subject field of cancelled journals, 21.71 per cent or 112 were scientific and 19.57 per cent or 101 were technological journals. After journal cancellation, the readers of 13 libraries had no complaints. Another 9 libraries solved their readers' problems through library cooperation and providing general assistance in regard to readers' queries.