Example of a publisher of some 300 journals offering the "big deal"
plus multiple flexible sub-arrangements. Ann Okerson
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Date: Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Subject: [IFLA-L] New eJournal Model: De Gruyter announces eJournal prices 2013
Berlin, 3 July 2012 – De Gruyter is pleased to announce its new
eJournal pricing model 2013. The following subscription options are
now available: Complete Package STM (Science, Technology, Medicine)
including 300 journals, or LLH (Language, Literature, Humanities, Law,
Economics) including 247 journals, Complete Package STM English only
or LLH English only. The Complete Package (Big Deal) and the Complete
Package English comprise the Complete Packages STM and LLH, English
only respectively.
In addition, nine subject packages are available. Alternatively, it is
possible to pick and choose from one of the subject packages, or
continue a single subscription.
„With the new business model, De Gruyter offers its customers a
maximum of flexibility for libraries of every size and financial
power”, says Katrin Siems, Vice President Marketing and Sales at De
Gruyter. „The new journal model is the logical continuation of our
successful eBook strategy.”
Following subject packages are offered: Classical Studies and History;
Biology, Chemistry, and Geosciences; Library and Information Science
and Library Reference; Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering;
Medicine; Philosophy, Theology, Judaism, and Religion; Politics,
Economics, and Sociology; Law; Linguistics and Literature.
The 283 subscription journals include highlights such as Byzantinische
Zeitschrift, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (Impact Factor
2011: 2.150), and Crelle's Journal für die reine und angewandte
Mathematik (Impact Factor 2011: 1.042). The Complete and Subject
Packages also contain open access journals published in the respective
subject areas.
The current list of journals including information on eJournal
packages is available at:
http://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/247/ejournal-packages
Accompanying the price list, De Gruyter undertook an analysis of
trends in journal quality, quantity, and price in form of a White
Paper: http://www.degruyter.com/staticfiles/pdfs/wp_EN.pdf
Contact
Ulrike Lippe
Manager Public Relations
Phone +49(0)30-260 05 153
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look back on a history spanning over 260 years. The publishing group
with headquarters in Berlin and Boston annually publishes over 800 new
titles in the humanities, medicine, science and law and approx. 500
journals and digital media. http://www.degruyter.com/
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