How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?
Author : Najko Jahn The ongoing controversy surrounding transformative agreements, which aim to transition journal publishing to full open access, highlight the...
Étiquette : big deal
Assessing the Value of Subscription Journal Packages and Open Access Journal Articles in a Community College Context
Authors : Tim Dolan, Duncan Claflin Introduction Academic libraries are facing two trends: the rising cost of journal subscriptions—the ongoing ‘serials crisis’...
Is It Such a Big Deal? On the Cost of Journal Use in the Digital Era
Authors : Fei Shu, Philippe Mongeon, Stefanie Haustein, Kyle Siler, Juan Pablo Alperin, Vincent Larivière Commercial scholarly publishers promote and sell bundl...
Scholarly journal publishing in transition – from restricted to open access
Authors : Bo-Christer Björk While the business models used in most segments of the media industry have been profoundly changed by the Internet surprisingly litt...
E-Journals and the Big Deal: A Review of the Literature
Author : Cindy Sjoberg Faced with shrinking budgets and increased subscription prices, many academic libraries are seeking ways to reduce the cost of e-journal ...
A Triangulation Method to Dismantling a Disciplinary “Big Deal”
“In late 2012, it appeared that the University Library, University of Saskatchewan would likely no longer be able to afford to subscribe to the entire Ame...
Evaluating big deal journal bundles
“Large commercial publishers sell bundled online subscriptions to their entire list of academic journals at prices significantly lower than the sum of the...