The Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices - Read Excerpt 
Publication Date: November 2008     ISBN# 1-57440-108-4
This report looks closely at the acquisition practices for scientific, technical
and academic journals of academic and research libraries. Some of the many issues covered:
attitudes towards the pricing and digital access policies of select major journals publishers, 
preferences for print, print/electronic access combinations, and elelctronic access alone 
arrangements.  Covers spending plans, preferences for use of consortiums, and use of, and evaluation
of subscription agents. Charts attitudes towards CLOCKSS, open access, use of URL resolvers and other 
pressing issues of interest to major purchasers of academic and technical journals.
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