Of possible interest:
Pricing Electronic Information: A Snapshot of New Serials Pricing Models
John Cox
Serials Review 28(3)2002, 171-175
'Setting prices for serials has always been an art rather than a science.
The traditional journal subscription has served both publishers and
librarians well, but it is inflexible and unresponsive to changes in the
complex library environment in which the buyer may not be the real user. The
advent of online information delivery has provided publishers and librarians
with the opportunity to remodel the way they do business together. This
article evaluates the impact that online publishing has had on the costs
involved in publishing quality scholarship and reviews new pricing models
that are emerging in a world in which many types of publication--monographs,
reference works, journals, and magazines--are merely "content" on the
Internet.'
Science Direct subscribers can view at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W63-478FG6C-2/1/489662a39d3ad
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Ian Winship, Electronic Services Manager
Learning Resources, Northumbria University
City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
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tel: 0191 227 4150 fax: 0191 227 4563
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