From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:38:56 +0000

In a post-Brexit vote UK the phrase ‘(before currency impact)' is
rather chilling.  Sterling is down about 15% against both the US
dollar and Euro compared to this time last year.

But frankly equally chilling are increases in the ‘range of 5 to 6
percent’.  Even ignoring currency issues these figures are far away
from any budget increases (for those lucky enough to have increases)
in UK libraries.  I can only assume that vendors proposing those
increases don’t place a premium on good relations with the people who
purchase their products.  I further assume that they hope that it
won’t be their products that are cancelled.  But products will need to
be cancelled to balance budgets.

David



On 13 Sep 2016, at 21:32, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:30:56 -0400

https://www.ebsco.com/news-center/press-releases/ebsco-information-services-releases-serial-price-projection-for-2017

"According to the 2017 Serials Price Projection Report from EBSCO
Information Services (EBSCO), the overall effective publisher price
increases for academic/medical libraries are expected to be the range
of 5 to 6 percent (before currency impact). EBSCO bases the
information in the Serials Price Projection Report on surveys of a
wide range of publishers and reviews of historical serials pricing
data to assist information professionals as they make budgeting
decisions for renewals season."