Price Analysis and the Serials Situation: Trying to Solve an Age-Old Problem.

Meyers, Barbara; Fleming, Janice L.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Price Analysis and the Serials Situation: Trying to Solve an Age-Old Problem.

Meyers, Barbara; Fleming, Janice L.

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v17 n2 p86-92 May 1991

Discussion of journal pricing and its effects on academic libraries focuses on data from the Optical Society of America's pricing study that used price per 1,000 words as a quantitative evaluative tool. Data collection methodology is described, and implications of the results for library collection development are suggested. (eight references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Collection Development, Professional Associations, Scholarly Journals, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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