From: "Gurman, Diane" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:55:08 +0000 Hi all. I recently came across a situation that was new to me, and was wondering if anyone else had seen anything like it. A South Korean company called Nurimedia has a 2-tier pricing model for their content. The price for a journal subscription without perpetual access is $4,500. However, if you want perpetual access (which our library requires), the cost is $1.1 million. (I confirmed that this was not a joke or error in translation—it really is 1.1 million U.S. dollars.) We will not be subscribing or purchasing. I consider this price difference to be not only unconscionable but insulting to libraries. Please let me know what you think. Thank you, Diane Gurman Scholarly Communication and Licensing Librarian UCLA