Research and Markets: Survey of Scholarly Journal Licensing & Acquisition Practices - In 2011-12, Open Access Journals Will Account for a Mean Of 8.62% of Library Journal Subscriptions

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6bbfb1/survey_of_scholarl) has announced the addition of the "Survey of Scholarly Journal Licensing & Acquisition Practices, 2012 Edition" report to their offering.

This 106-page report examines the scholarly journal licensing and acquisition practices of academic and special libraries, highlighting trends in journal subscriptions, publishers' pricing policies, and library spending on both print and online access journals. Based on a survey of 47 libraries from the United States and abroad, the report details library budgets for scholarly journals over the past two years as well as projections through 2013 while exploring the library's relationship and satisfaction with various subscription agents, including Ebsco, Harrasowitz, and Swets, among others. How has the open access movement affected journal prices and how willing have libraries been to embrace it? How many subscriptions have libraries cancelled over the past year and how many new ones have they added? What role do consortia play in journal purchasing and how do they affect journal acquisition policies?

Just a few of the many findings from this report are:

• Libraries in the sample currently subscribe to a mean of 2,356 individual journals that require yearly or monthly subscription fees
• 43.92% of library spending on scholarly journals is accounted for by deals negotiated through consortia
• In the last three years, 80.64% of libraries have experienced significant price increases for journals published by Oxford University Press
• Over the past five years, academic libraries have decreased onsite shelf space for scholarly journals by a mean of 8.8%

Key Topics Covered:

• Acquisition Practices
• Open Access
• Managing Electronic Access
• Materials Management
• The Library as Alternative Publisher or Publishing Consultant
• Consortiums
• Space for Periodicals
• Subscription Agents
• Journal Pricing

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