Calculating the Cost per Article in the Current Subscription Model

["Philip Meir Davis" <pmd8@cornell.edu>]

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Title:  Calculating the Cost per Article in the Current Subscription Model

Authors:  Davis, Philip; Cornell University Library Task Force on Open
Access Publishing

Issue Date:  22-Dec-2004
Available: http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/236

Abstract:  This spreadsheet calculates the cost per article published in
the current subscription model for 113 institutions designated under the
Association of Research Libraries. It graphs these institutions by FTE
(full time equivalent enrollment) and compares the results to a range of
costs postulated in the producer-pays open access model. This spreadsheet
uses publicly-available information and the author regrets any errors
within. It was designed to promote dialog and additional analysis -- not
to advocate a particular position. Modifying the starting assumptions will
recalculate the values in the spreadsheet and update the graph. Readers
are encouraged to change the assumptions based on more accurate
information or alternative scenarios.

This spreadsheet is an addendum to the Report of the CUL Task Force on
Open Access Publishing presented to the Cornell University Library
Management Team August 9, 2004.

Questions and clarification can be sent to the author, Philip Davis at:
pmd8@cornell.edu

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