Big-deal serial purchasing : tracking the damage

Resource Information

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Label

Big-deal serial purchasing : tracking the damage

Title remainder

tracking the damage

Statement of responsibility

Walt Crawford

Creator

• Crawford, Walt

Subject

• Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs
• Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs effectiveness
• Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs | Evaluations
• Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Decision making
• Acquisitions (Libraries) -- United States -- Finance
• Library Finance -- United States -- Cost control
• Serial publication
• Serials librarianship -- United States
• Serials subscriptions agencies -- United States -- Cost control
• Serials subscriptions agencies -- United States -- Evaluation
• Acquisition of serial publications -- Economic aspects -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

"Abstract: When serials publishers first offered Big Deals to academic libraries, they seemed to many to be win-win situations. But while Big Deals did appear to lower the rate of serials price inflation, they did not bring it down to manageable levels--and in the process, they limited academic library flexibility. This issue...describes a study that looks at the apparent damage caused by Big Deals over the period from 2002 (when most had been introduced) to 2012, specifically looking at details of acquisitions money for books and other acquisitions by type and size of library. Some possible approaches to improving the situation appear in the final chapter."

Member of

• Library technology reports,, v. 50, no. 4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

Z692.S5

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Library technology reports,

Series volume

v. 50, no. 4