Library Journal journal publishing survey

["Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>]

Choosing Sides--Periodical Price Survey 2005 
By Lee C. Van Orsdel & Kathleen Born - Library Journal, 4/15/2005

"The scholarly communications market, which exploded last year with
headline-grabbing news of research libraries balking at publisher deals,
governments investigating the scientific publishing system, and reformers
touting author-pays business models, has settled into an uneasy state of
relative calm. On the surface, not a lot has changed. Fleets of
salespeople continue to push bundles of journal content from the big STM
(scientific, technical, and medical) publishers, and budget-starved
libraries continue to cut journals they can't afford. Beneath the surface,
however, the tide of change runs strong."

Full text at:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA516819 

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
Champaign, IL  61820

Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:   (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu