Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:44 AM
EBSCO Releases Serials Price Projection Report for 2020
"Each year, EBSCO surveys a wide range of publishers and reviews historical serials pricing
data in order to provide our customers with serials price projections to assist them in budgeting
for the upcoming renewal season. While the serials price forecasts are based upon careful
analysis, we recommend customers exercise caution when using these projections as they rely
on historical trends and current estimates."
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"At the time of writing, we expect the overall effective publisher price increases for academic
and academic medical libraries for 2020 (before any currency impact) to be in the range of 5 to
6 percent for individual titles. It’s also important to note the importance of e-journal packages in
the information marketplace. With EBSCO transacting almost 20,000 e-journal packages
annually and more than half of our sales turnover from e-journal packages, we expect the
overall average price increase for e-journal packages, including provisions for mandatory takeover titles, upgrades, etc. to be in the range of 4 to 5 percent."
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Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
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