[Eril-l] calculating prices

[Karen Jensen]

I'm not sure anyone on this list can answer this question, but I thought
I'd put it out there in case there are useful ideas on this topic.

I am tasked with coming up with estimates of pricing for journals and
databases, i.e., collections costs, if our institution were to combine with
our sister institutions under a single accreditation, instead of being
separately accredited. As you might imagine, it's complex, since we all
three have some of the same and many different resources. We also already
work together on some of our bigger deals, the most expensive ones. Looking
at JSTOR it's utterly impossible to tell because of their ridiculously
complicated pricing algorithm; it's not even possible to figure out for
ourselves where we all fall on their classification chart. (And they are a
non-profit?!)

http://about.jstor.org/chart-description/government-non-profit-research

I thought I would simply use the top 5-8 most expensive resources for each
campus, but those may not accurately reflect what would happen, when much
of our budgets are tied up in different resources. Getting vendor quotes
for a potentially fictional situation seems like a waste of their time and
mine, and yet most vendors don't publish prices for any level of
institution.

Any ideas out there for streamlining such a project?
Thanks in advance!

Karen Jensen
Collection Development Officer
Rasmuson Library
University of Alaska Fairbanks
907-474-6695
kljensen at alaska.edu
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