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%."