THE PRICE OF SERIALS IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS Available to Purchase

In the library community no issue in recent years has been so contentious as the rising price of serials. Managing a serials collection in libraries has always been a difficult task—challenging in terms of definition, and in terms of tracking and keeping records. Lately, however, justifying increasing costs has become even more difficult. The publication of journal articles with titles such as “The Journal That Ate the Library” and “Periodical Price Escalation: A Library Response” dramatize the cost crisis that librarians face.