From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:35:51 -0400 By Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/04/publishing/whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on-periodicals-price-survey-2015/#_ As always, worth a detour. Lots of interesting tidbits, such as this one: "The debate on Big Deal e-journal packages is likely to continue for some time. Some 57% of library respondents to the 2014 EBSCO Budgeting and Trends Survey reported that they would consider breaking up e-journal packages, subscribing only to the most used titles in the bundle to achieve their budget goals; 77% respondents indicated that they were likely to renegotiate multiyear agreements for lower overall prices and/or price caps. Some 74% of publishers responding to the same survey indicated that they were likely to offer smaller subsets of content in the coming year; 78% of publisher respondents thought that the Big Deal would be around in four years (2019). In an evaluation of more than 3,000 e-journal packages handled by EBSCO for 2014, the average price increase was 6.6%."