From: "Timmann, Claudia" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 14:46:39 +0000 Good day Collective Wisdom! I hope this note finds you all well. I have an interesting request and I do wonder the impact on you all as well. Recently Elsevier Science decided to charge us upwards of 520% for our collection because of being a for profit doctoral granting institution. We had the College Edition collection. My request: Without sharing specific cost, could you please share the approximate amount/range that you pay for full text views (FTV) and for your ES subscription?! So, for example, currently our FTV cost hits a range of .10 to .12 cents and ES is asking that we pay an increased subscription rate upwards of about $100k instead of about $18k. I am also interested in an approximation of your Science Direct subscription too. The reason for this ask is because our executive leader wants to see industry standards, which of course are not published-as you are aware of. Any assistance would be helpful! Thank you! Claudia Timmann Academic Library Director Capella University Library 612.977.4154 1.888.227.3553 X4154 928.200.9489c