Hello there,
Apologies for the delay in replying to this email on the price increase for 'American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine'. At University of Birmingham, we are currently in the process of discussing this price increase with the publisher too.....
We have been quoted on tier 3 for 2011 which is an increase of over 600% from what we paid last year. When budgets are flat or declining, a single increase of this magnitude can wipe out an entire departmental budget for the year. We already made our cancellations and renewals prior to this price increase being reported in November. Having paid for all of our other subscriptions, I'm afraid that this increase being reported will not be paid from the budget. No matter how well used a title is, if a library budget cannot support the increase, then other measures for funding need to be looked at including document supply / pay per view and departmental subscriptions. None of these options are popular in the current funding climate but then there are no options left for libraries.
Societies who increase their institutional subscriptions by this percentage are clearly out of touch with the financial climate in which their customers and end users are operating and I'm afraid their subscription revenue will be hit as a result. I am not a big fan of tiering because we at Birmingham inevitably get hit by any tiering looking at usage, FTEs, research income, JISC band, Medical school etc and they don't always map to the funding capacity for resources budgets within a particular department as opposed to the institution as a whole. However, if a tier pricing model is to be implemented by a publisher, then it needs to be implemented incrementally and not in one massive hike of this sort.
I'm sure that our high usage will mean that an ILL purchase is still more expensive than a 2011 subscription factoring in cost per use historically. However, it comes down to a library's ability to pay when they have already spent / committed the subscription budget at this point in the year.
Best Wishes
Sarah
Sarah Pearson
E-Resources & Serials Coordinator
Library Services
University of Birmingham
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Birmingham
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Sent: 29 November 2010 18:25
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Cost of American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine renewal
Hello
So it seems. The days of print + free online are well and truly over. Now you can only add a print order to some Society titles if you have an (expensive) online subscription.
For this title there is a massive hike for "tier 2" institutions, ie: 6-200 users. Our usage statistics do not support the uplift in the fee, so we may well have to cancel the sub.
We're also perturbed at another society's definition (re-definition?) that a single site license => access within library building only, meaning we've had to upgrade the license again with a vast increase in cost. This title is also at risk of being cut.
These sorts of machinations certainly help making our renewal decisions easier. Document delivery on demand, here we come.
Kind regards,
Dom Benson
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Sent: 29 November 2010 16:54
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] Cost of American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine renewal
Hello
American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine
Can I check if anyone has had huge price increase? We paid £452 last
year for print only but quoted over 1500 this year. Seems cannot have
print only now. Ebsco are checking this price is right but if it is -
increase is over 300% - in fact nearer 400%!
Maureen
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