Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices
Primary Research Group
November 1, 2008 177 Pages - SKU: PF2089248
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This report looks closely at the acquisition practices for scientific, technical and academic journals of academic and research libraries. Some of the many issues covered:
attitudes towards the pricing and digital access policies of select major journals publishers, preferences for print, print/electronic access combinations, and elelctronic access alone arrangements. Covers spending plans, preferences for use of consortiums, and use of, and evaluation of subscription agents. Charts attitudes towards CLOCKSS, open access, use of URL resolvers and other pressing issues of interest to major purchasers of academic and technical journals.
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- List of Tables
- SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
- SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Spending on Journals
- Journal Acquisitions in Bundles as a Percentage of Total Journal Acquisitions
- Title Cancellations and Additions
- Spending on Journal Articles “by the slice”
- Spending on Print Alone, Online Access Alone and Joint Print/Online Access Journal Subscriptions
- Financial Assistance from Non-Library Academic or Administrative Departments for Journals
- Opinions on the Impact of Open Access Journals
- View of Impact on Journal Pricing of the Control of Peer Review by Journal Publishers
- Perpetual Access
- View of the Future of Print Journals
- Barcoding Journals
- Keeping Track of Journal Subscriptions in the Library
- Use of URL Link Resolvers
- Familiarity with CLOCKSS
- Percentage of Journal Spending through Consortium
- Change in Storage Space/Shelf Space for Journals
- Use of Subscription Agents
- Number of Subscription Agents Used
- Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that have Changed Subscription Agents Within the Past Three Years
- Margins Paid to Subscription Agents
- Customer Satisfaction with Subscription Agents
- Attitude Toward Uniform Date of Subscription Renewals
- Views of the Pricing Policies of Selected Major Publishers of Academic Journals
- Trends in the Number of Titles Canceled from a Select Group of Journal Publishers
- Chapter One: Spending on Academic Journals
- Chapter Two: Acquisition Practices
- Chapter Three: Open Access
- Chapter Four: Managing Electronic Access
- Chapter Six: URL Link Resolvers
- Chapter Seven: CLOCKSS
- Chapter Eight: Consortiums
- Chapter Nine: Space for Periodicals
- Chapter Ten: Subscription Agents
- Chapter Eleven: Journal Pricing
- OTHER REPORTS FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP INC.
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