Of the 126 American academic libraries that used to subscribe to the important scholarly journal, Ferroelectrics, 15 years ago, not a single library now has a current subscription. Is it really publishing if no library can afford to purchase it?
Wagner, A. Ben (Sciences Librarian, University at Buffalo), Unpublished analysis of library holdings based on the Worldcat database record for Ferroelectrics, a Taylor and Francis scientific journal. Key trends – a losing proposition. At the typical research library since mid-1980’s through 2001: ↑Cost per journal price inflation – More than Tripled ↑ Total Library Journal Budgets – Increased about 2 times ↑ Number of journals published worldwide since mid-1980’s – Doubled End result: ↓Journal titles purchased by academic libraries – 6% decrease ↓Number of books acquired fell by 26% “Monograph and Serial Costs in ARL Libraries”, 1986-2002 at http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2002/2002t2.html “Scholars Under Siege” at http://www.arl.org/create/librarians/issues/silent.html Create Change Web site cosponsored by Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, and SPARC From 1988-1999, health care prices, often cited for out-of-control costs, rose 10
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