From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:49:21 +0000 Hi Ann, I was struck buy the average price paid per title in England - USD 1915 (approx USD 1272) Cambridge University spent on average GBP 1891 on EACH APC in 2014 - https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=79 No wonder "Publishers have embraced open access as another means of generating revenue and have been fairly successful.² Danny -- Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication Cambridge University Library e: [log in to unmask] t: @dannykay68 On 23/04/2015 23:42, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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%."