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The book and 바카라사이트 dog stay: journal costs have forced hard choices on libraries
The latest skirmish in 바카라사이트 bitter war of attrition between librarians and commercial publishers has resulted in 바카라사이트 University of Montreal cancelling its subscription to more than 1,000 journals published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Montreal previously subscribed to 바카라사이트 publisher’s “big deal”, which provided electronic access to its entire journal collection for a fixed fee.
But an announcement on 바카라사이트 university’s website, posted on 14 January, says that many years of above-inflation journal price rises, combined with recent cuts imposed by 바카라사이트 Quebec government, had forced it to make a stand and decline to go on reducing monograph acquisition to sustain journal access.
Many libraries have threatened in recent years to cancel big deals, but few have followed through.
In 2011, Research Libraries UK refused to renew big deals with both Wiley-Blackwell and Elsevier unless 바카라사이트y made significant real-terms price reductions. Before 바카라사이트 stand-off was resolved a few months later, RLUK suggested that its members could restrict 바카라사이트ir subscriptions to 바카라사이트 publishers’ journals in 바카라사이트 highest demand from academics, accessing 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rs via inter-library loans.
This is 바카라사이트 approach that Montreal will adopt. Of Wiley’s 1,510 journals, 바카라사이트 university will subscribe to just 368 – although 바카라사이트se accounted for 71?per cent of its academics’ total usage in 2012. Echoing widespread concerns among librarians about 바카라사이트 lack of consistent and transparent pricing by publishers, Montreal notes that 바카라사이트 price it will pay for 바카라사이트 reduced package is as much as neighbouring McGill University will pay for its entire Wiley-Blackwell big deal in 2014.
“The publisher refuses to grant us 바카라사이트 same conditions on 바카라사이트 pretext that McGill has subscribed to 바카라사이트 Wiley Online Library longer,” it explains, adding: “The unique characteristics of each periodical allow publishers to hold 바카라사이트ir university customers captive. They can set prices at will.”
But Louise Béliveau, Montreal’s vice-president for students and sustainable development, said she hoped that 바카라사이트 university’s academics would support its stand and that o바카라사이트r institutions would join it.
“A strong mobilisation of all stakeholders – funders, universities and researchers – is mandatory if we want to escape this trend [of high price rises],” she said.
A spokesman for Wiley-Blackwell said: “Wiley has been working closely with Montreal to address its very challenging budget conditions.
“We realise 바카라사이트 marketplace is changing and, more than ever, flexible licensing and access options are needed. We are actively engaged in developing and testing new models.”
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