Synthesis DARIAH-EU Winter School 2016 on "Open data citation"

Workshop DARIAH-EU Winter School on "Open data citation"

DARIAH-EU

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...

Society Publishers with Open Access Journals

A list of
Society Publishers with Open Access Journals
Second edition, November 2011
by Caroline Sutton and Peter Suber

from the article "Open access journals from society publishers" published in
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #162
December 2, 2011
by Peter Suber