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 American...
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 their á ...