'Big Deal' Journal Subscription Packages: Are They Worth the Cost?

Autor:	Jie Li, Trey Lemley
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Flexibility (engineering) Transport engineering Health (social science) Operations research Computer science Collection management Interlibrary loan Limit (mathematics) Library and Information Sciences Average cost
Zdroj:	Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 12:1-10
ISSN:	1542-4073 1542-4065
Popis:	We assessed the cost-effectiveness of “Big Deal” journal subscription packages by making four cost-per-article-use analyses. Our results showed an average cost of $6.04 for articles in Big Deal packages to which our library subscribes, $17.19 for articles in the Biomedical Library's journal subscriptions, and $15.35 for articles obtained via Interlibrary Loan. An average pay-per-view cost of $37.72 was calculated by consulting publisher websites. We conclude that “Big Deal” journal subscription packages are cost-effective; however, because of their high cost, they consume a large portion of a library's budget and thus limit a library's flexibility to purchase other resources.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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