There has been some activity recently concerning the rising cost of journals,
with publishers hiking their prices, and institutions bemoaning the straitened
financial circumstances under which we are having to operate.
My question to the group is this:
Has anyone opted to go down a route of individual subscription (as opposed to institutional one),
with a presumption that the "individual" would then donate their "personal" copies to the library?
The premise being that the individual subscription is very often much cheaper that the institutional one.
I realise this is a potential minefield (and I may not be wearing sufficient armour to deal with the flak!)
But surely, such an approach would not be illegal, would it, even though there might be moral qualms
about it? Of course, any online access that came with the subscription would really be just for the
individual, and not be available institution wide. But if we could live with that, are there any reason
why we shouldn't do this?
Just thought I'd ask...
Frank Trew
College Librarian
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
Frank Trew
Librarian
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