Libraries reject 'raw deal' on e-journals

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"Major research libraries have told the two largest journal publishers that they will not renew their "big deals" with them if they do not make significant real-terms price reductions. Research Libraries UK, which includes the Russell Group university libraries, as well as the UK's national libraries and Trinity College Library Dublin, have told Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell that they will not renew their current deals when they expire at the end of this year unless the concession is made....If the libraries cancel their big deals they intend to make savings by buying only high-use journals from the publishers. Articles from lower-use journals will be shared between them in an electronic version of an inter-library loan. Dr Prosser admitted that the publishers might react by putting up the price of high-use journals, but predicted that such a move would fall foul of competition authorities....He said Russell Group vice-chancellors were backing the librarians' stance, as was the National Union of Students...."

Link:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=417157

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Tags:

ru.no oa.journals oa.new oa.libraries oa.prices oa.monopoly oa.budgets oa.cancellations

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:50

Date published:

08/25/2011, 09:15