... such as resource sharing and open access. Mike McGrath can be contacted at: mike@mikemcgrath.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Copyright Article usage Journal usage Pricing Big deals Open access Interlending After this issue I am handing the editorship of ILDS...

... to the ever‐escalating costs of journals. Two of the features of the journal publishing industry cited a decade ago and still valid today are a lack of competition and perverse incentives. “First‐copy cost” is reported to be the main reason for high journal prices both in print and electronic publishing...

... collection building. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Library management Digital libraries Electronic journals Electronic books Pricing Although there is a huge amount of literature on scholarly communication, there is relatively little dealing with the issue of how access to e...

...Mike McGrath Reviews more than 100 journals and some electronic lists and newsletters for issues relevant to interlending and document supply. In particular, focuses on site licences, providers of document supply, pricing, copyright, usage and open access. Some more figures on journal usage...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Books Pricing Academic book prices Keywords: Books, Pricing The annual survey by the Library and Information Statistics Unit at Loughborough University in the UK of academic book prices in the UK and the USA has come up with a surprising...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Pricing Document supply British Library Journal publishing Elsevier is much in the news Keywords: Pricing, Document supply, British Library, Journal publishing Elsevier now owns 1,500 STM titles after its acquisition of Harcourt...

...Sally Morris Many publishers have traditionally depended on journals. The explosion in information is making it impossible for library funding to keep up; this is exacerbated as falling circulations and rising editorial costs cause further price increases. Emphasizes that publishers have...

... curves based on previous practice and so on. But emphasis on the library/publisher relationship has led to an emphasis on pricing as the key issue in serials provision, when additional issues (fundamental changes in exchange relationships) must be considered. Explores changes in structural relationships...