OSU Libraries
Collection Development
Library Evaluation for Category I Proposal
New Instructional Program Leading to the Statewide MS or PhD in Medical Phvsics
Title of Proposal
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Phvsics
Department
OSU College of Engineering and OHSU School of Medicine
College
The subject librarian responsible for collection development in the pertinent curricular
area has assessed whether the existing library collections and services can support the
proposal. Based on this review, the subject librarian concludes that present collections
and services are:
[ ] inadequate to support the proposal (see budget needs below)
[x ] marginally adequate to support the proposal
[ ] adequate to support the proposal
Estimated funding needed to upgrade collections or services to support the proposal
(details are attached)
Year 1: $1,000 per year minimum to add to journal collection
Ongoing (annual): $1,000 per year plus inflation
Comments and Recommendations:
See attached report.
Date Received: 08130106
Date Completed:
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Oregon State University Libraries Evaluation of the Collection
Supporting:
Proposal for the Initiation of a New Instructional Program
Leading to the Statewide MS or PhD in Medical Physics
Introduction
Responding to the request for a library evaluation for the proposed statewide
program in Medical Physics, we reviewed the 2004 Library Evaluation for Master
of Health Physics in Radiation Health Physics, and the 2000 library collection
assessment for nuclear engineering. In addition, we collected data on
monographs, and serials (books and journals), and gathered statistics on the
number of interlibrary loans in this subject area. We compared our monographic
collection to those of the corr~paratorsreferenced in the program proposal. The
comparator institutions were: UCLA, University of Wisconsin, Wayne State
University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas, Houston Health
Science Center. To gain insight into the adequacy of OSU Libraries' journal
holdings to support this program, we used the IS1 Journal Citation Reports to
determine top journals in the categories of Nuclear Science and Technology,
Nuclear Physics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging.
All graduate course work needed for OSU's part of the new program is in place
as part of the Medical Health Physics specialty currently offered. Two additional
courses will be added at OSU as electives: Therapeutic Medical Physics and
Diagnostic Medical Physics. The program will grow in phases beginning with two
subspecialties of medical physics, therapeutic radiologic physics and medical
health physics. As the program grows, two additional subspecialties will be
added, (likely at OHSU) nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging. The new
program will enroll six students per institution the first few years, and after five
years the program is estimated to grow to 22 students per institution. Most of the
students will be IMS, and up to two PhD level students per institution will be
admitted to the program each year. OSU Libraries are already supporting the
courses that will be offered as part of the Medical Physics program by supporting
the Masters in Health Physics.
However, it is important to note that while this program will be statewide in
nature, OSU and OHSU Libraries are not affiliated in such a way as to
supply students and faculty seamless access to both library collections.
OSU and OHSU Libraries retain separate institutional licensing agreements
with database and electronic journal publishers and vendors. These
contractual agreements will undoubtedly affect student and faculty access
to online sources, but we cannot tell at this time how significant a
challenge that poses for the program.
Oregon State University Libraries, 2006
We looked at monographic collecting levels of the comparators over the past ten
years. The OSU Libraries Medical Physics collection suffers in the number of
titles when measured against ,the comparators, but collecting levels over ,the past
ten years are within reason for an institution such as OSU. Unlike OSU, the
comparators used in this assessment all have affiliated health sciences libraries,
which contain larger monographic collections in Medical Physics.
In general, we find the OSLl Libraries monograph collection is adequate to
support graduate work leading to a PhD in Medical Physics, assuming the lack of
collecting strength in some areas can be filled by our consortial lending
qgreements with other academic libraries in Oregon and Washington included in
the OrbisICascade Alliance. Students and faculty can order from the collections
of all the libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance through the Summit catalog.
Oregon Health €4 Science University, University of Washington and Washington
State University are some of the larger research libraries represented in the
Summit catalog. Books that are requested through Summit are delivered to OSU
Libraries within three working days.
Appendix A shows the collecting levels of OSU Libraries, the OrbisICascades
Alliance ("Summit") and our comparators in areas of emphasis noted for Medical
Physics.
Government Documents
Government documents are a key part of the nuclear engineering collection; of
particular interest for this proposal is the material funded by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. The Libraries government document depository profile
includes these materials, and they are available in paper, microfiche or webbased access and are cataloged in the OSU Libraries Online Catalog.
The 2000 OSU Libraries collection assessment for nuclear engineering placed
the serials collection at WLN Level 3C, adequate to support MS level research.
The Public Health and Medicine journal collections currently support the PhD
program in Health Physics. A strong physics background is a prerequisite for
study in Medical Physics, according to the American Association of Physicists I
Medicine. OSU Libraries journal collection supports PhD level work in Physics.
In general, our journal holdings have increased since 2000 because of the
Libraries emphasis on electronic journals. OSU Libraries have added electronic
journal packages from the following publishers: Springer (includes former Kluwer
titles), Wiley, Elsevier, and the American Institute of Physics.
Oregon State University Libraries, 2006
We compared OSU library journal holdings to the 2005 IS1 Journal Citation
Reporf list of top journals. OSU Libraries subscribes to 16 of the 22 titles in the
subject area of Nuclear Physics and 26 of the 32 titles in Nuclear Science and
Technology. In the area of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, OSU
Libraries holds 20 of the top 30 titles.
One glaringly obvious omission is the title Medical Physics. The subscription rate
of Medical Physics is currently $1K per year.
OSU Libraries-subsidized Interlibrary Loan allows students to obtain journal
articles not available at Oregon State University. This service includes articles
from journal titles held at OHSU. Interlibrary Loan statistics for the past two years
did not include any journal titles that were obviously for the subjects of health
physics or medical physics.
Appendix B shows the journal titles and their impact factor, as well as the OSU
Library and Orbis Cascade Alliance consortium holdings.
Subject-Specific Indexes and Abstracts
The library subscribes to a number of databases that provide access to the
literature in this field. These include the following:
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, 1983-present
BlOSlS (Biological Abstracts), 1990-present
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) 1982present
Compendex (Engineering Index), 1970-present
Environmental Science and Pollution Management, 1967-present
GPO Monthly Catalog, 1976-present
lnspec (Physics Abstracts), 1969-present
Medline, 1966-present
NTlS (index to government technical reports), 1964-present
Web of Science (Science Citation Index). 1985-present
Summary
The Library can support this program as described in the proposal, covering the
subjects of therapeutic radiologic physics and medical physics. Some additional
funds may be necessary to cover new journals or to address courses added later
in the program. We reiterate the caveat that as the institutions are currently
configured, OHSU's collections will not be available electronically to OSU
students and faculty at all times.
Subrr~ittedby Margaret Mellinger and Alison Bobal
September 22,2006
Oregon State University Libraries, 2006
Appendix A: Monograph Comparisons
79%
acquisitions
Summit 10 year acquisitions as percent of peer
OSU's percentage of Summit acquisitions for 1996-2006 inclusive
Oregon State University Libraries, 2006
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87%
63%
19%
212%
111%
128%
194%
95%
137%
84%
Appendix B Journals in Nuclear Physics
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Appendix B Journals in Nuclear Science & Technology
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Journal Tjtle '-,"
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS
SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM
INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
RADIATION MEASUREMENTS
HEALTH PHYSICS
FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
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OSWx
1997-present*
1959 - 2000
1988- present
0168-9002
Impact Factor
1.923
1.414
1.259
1.224
0168-583X
1.I
81
1995 present
lSSN
0955-3002
0022-3115
0018-9499
,
-
Su"irnittioldings
1995 - present
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1350-4487
1.023
not held
0017-9078
1.018
v.1 - present
0920-3796
0.981
not held
UW, U of 0
JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
0952-4746
0.942
1988-1995 cancelled
UW
FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1536-1055
0.916
2001- present
RADIOCHIMICA ACTA
0033-8230
0.846
v I- present
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
0029-5450
0.326
v.10 - present
PLASMA DEVICES AND OPERATIONS
1051-9998
0.271
2002-2005*
NUCLEAR ENERGY-JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH NUCLEAR ENERGY SOCIETY
0140-4067
0.188
1978-1992 cancelled
ATW-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUCLEAR POWER
1431-5254
0.058
not held
ATOMIC ENERGY
1063-4258
0.036
2000-present
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL
0029-5507
0.035
1998-present
JOURNAL OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
0004-7120
0.033
not held
NUCLEAR PLANT JOURNAL
0892-2055
0
UW, WSU U of 0
WSU only
2001 - present
'1 2 mo embargo
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Appendix B: Journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
ULTRASOUND I
AND BIOLOGY
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
0361-803X
2.209
1976-93 cancelled
RADIOGRAPHICS
0271-5333
2.205
1981-2005*
NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
0969-8051
2.129
1995-present
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
1071-3581
2.08
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY
0955-3002
1.923
not held
1995-present*
* I 2 mo embargo
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