mercoledì 8 agosto 2012

Some journals cost have increased by about 145% over the past six years






Memorandum: Major Periodical Subscriptions Cannot Be Sustained
To: Faculty Members in all Schools, Faculties, and Units
From: The Faculty Advisory Council 
Date: April 17, 2012

...Harvard’s annual cost for journals from these providers now approaches $3.75M. In 2010, the comparable amount accounted for more than 20% of all periodical subscription costs and just under 10% of all collection costs for everything the Library acquires. Some journals cost as much as $40,000 per year, others in the tens of thousands. Prices for online content from two providers have increased by about 145% over the past six years, which far exceeds not only the consumer price index, but also the higher education and the library price indices. These journals therefore claim an ever-increasing share of our overall collection budget. Even though scholarly output continues to grow and publishing can be expensive, profit margins of 35% and more suggest that the prices we must pay do not solely result from an increasing supply of new articles...

ISBD : International Standard Bibliographic Description. Consolidated edition. Edizione italiana (agosto 2012)

06.08.2012
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ISBD : International Standard Bibliographic Description. Consolidated edition. Edizione italiana a cura dell’ICCU (agosto 2012)