From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 15:50:28 +0000 Dear Collective Wisdom, I recently heard a presentation by a learned-society officer who mentioned, in passing, that many society and non-profit scholarly publishers are operating some or all of their journals at a loss. This took me a bit by surprise; I’ve never doubted that there are scholarly journals out there not earning their keep financially (and being kept afloat for purposes of mission rather than revenue), but I got the impression that there may be more of these out there than I thought. Has anyone studied this? Is there data out there on the number/percentage of scholarly journals that are subsidized by their host organizations rather than generating a surplus for them? Thanks in advance for any leads on this. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections Marriott Library, University of Utah [log in to unmask]