Add to ORKGAbstract Academic libraries cannot pay the regularly escalating subscription prices for scholarly journals. These libraries face a crisis that has continued for many years revealing a commercial system that supports a business model that has become unsustainable. This paper examines the “serials crisis,” as it has come to be known, and the economics of the academic journal publishing industry. By identifying trends within the industry, an analysis of the industry is undertaken using elements of the five forces framework developed by Michael Porter. Prescriptions are offered concerning what can be done and what should be done to address this problem
A crisis is a change or circumstance that makes a decision necessary. Academic libraries have respon...
Given the rapidly changing economics of scholarly communication in the digital age, the importance o...
Scholarly publishing has gone through turbulent times. Enormous growth in supply and expenditure has...
Abstract Academic libraries cannot pay the regularly escalating subscription prices for scholarly jo...
Spiraling costs and stagnant library budgets have made the acquisition of scholarly publications uns...
University libraries have witnessed sweeping changes in scholarly publishing over the past decade. D...
The conversion of scholarly journals to digital format is proceeding rapidly, especially for those f...
The journal acquisition budget of libraries is not increasing at the same rate as subscription rates...
Almost 75% of the current academic journals have gone online, even as they continue to publish in pr...
Running scholarly presses as profit centers is becoming increasingly unsustainable as many are barel...
Despite holding the potential to liberate scholarly information, the digital era has, to the contrar...
This article discusses the increase in journal prices and the resulting pressures on library budgets...
Learn about the recent global history of scholarly publishing and its affects on the UNH Libraries. ...
In the current climate of economic rationalism, the role of universities in the publication of the r...
This chapter examines the economic aspects of the scholarly journal publishing system, particularly ...
A crisis is a change or circumstance that makes a decision necessary. Academic libraries have respon...
Given the rapidly changing economics of scholarly communication in the digital age, the importance o...
Scholarly publishing has gone through turbulent times. Enormous growth in supply and expenditure has...
Abstract Academic libraries cannot pay the regularly escalating subscription prices for scholarly jo...
Spiraling costs and stagnant library budgets have made the acquisition of scholarly publications uns...
University libraries have witnessed sweeping changes in scholarly publishing over the past decade. D...
The conversion of scholarly journals to digital format is proceeding rapidly, especially for those f...
The journal acquisition budget of libraries is not increasing at the same rate as subscription rates...
Almost 75% of the current academic journals have gone online, even as they continue to publish in pr...
Running scholarly presses as profit centers is becoming increasingly unsustainable as many are barel...
Despite holding the potential to liberate scholarly information, the digital era has, to the contrar...
This article discusses the increase in journal prices and the resulting pressures on library budgets...
Learn about the recent global history of scholarly publishing and its affects on the UNH Libraries. ...
In the current climate of economic rationalism, the role of universities in the publication of the r...
This chapter examines the economic aspects of the scholarly journal publishing system, particularly ...
A crisis is a change or circumstance that makes a decision necessary. Academic libraries have respon...
Given the rapidly changing economics of scholarly communication in the digital age, the importance o...
Scholarly publishing has gone through turbulent times. Enormous growth in supply and expenditure has...