Big-deal serial purchasing : tracking the damage /

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Author / Creator:	Crawford, Walt.
Imprint:	Chicago, IL : ALA TechSource, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (50 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Library technology reports, 0024-2586 ; volume 50, number 4 Library technology reports ; v. 50, no. 4.
Subject:	Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs. Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Cost effectiveness. Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Costs -- Evaluation. Acquisition of serial publications -- Economic aspects -- United States. Acquisition of serial publications -- United States -- Decision making. Serials subscription agencies -- United States -- Evaluation. Serials subscription agencies -- United States -- Cost control. Acquisitions (Libraries) -- United States -- Finance. Library finance -- United States -- Cost control. Serials librarianship -- United States. Serial publications. Acquisition of serial publications -- Cost effectiveness. Acquisition of serial publications -- Costs. Acquisition of serial publications -- Economic aspects. Serial publications. Serials librarianship. Serials subscription agencies -- Evaluation. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11235320

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ISBN:	9780838959275 083895927X 9780838959268 0838959261
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"Abstract: When serials publishers first offered Big Deals to academic libraries, they seemed to many to be win-win situations. But while Big Deals did appear to lower the rate of serials price inflation, they did not bring it down to manageable levels--and in the process, they limited academic library flexibility. This issue...describes a study that looks at the apparent damage caused by Big Deals over the period from 2002 (when most had been introduced) to 2012, specifically looking at details of acquisitions money for books and other acquisitions by type and size of library. Some possible approaches to improving the situation appear in the final chapter."
Other form:	Print version: Crawford, Walt. Big-deal serial purchasing 9780838959268

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