Usage Level of Non-Farsi Periodicals within Arts Library and Determination of Core Journals

The present study was conducted to determine the core non-farsi periodicals within the library of the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran. 125 non-farsi journal subscriptions for 2004 were selected. 150 graduate students and 50 faculty members were surveyed. Bibliometric method along with statistical analysis were employed to determine the core journals. Journals within any given field were ranked by both students and the faculty. Core journals were matched against these ranked journals. Given the foreign currency constraints, acquisition of titles really needed would maximize the existing capabilities as well as preventing unnecessary purchases. The existing periodicals provided only 49.3% of research queries. Students and faculty usage rate of images contained within these journal was 70.6% while only 29.4% was dedicated to printed articles