[Eril-l] JoVE subscription?

[Matthew Goddard]

Hi Karen,

We have also been looking at JoVE, with the same concerns about pricing. From my experience with their sales dept. they seem to be well staffed, so I'm not surprised to hear that their customer service is good. And the high cost of the actual JoVE journal and its subsets is the result of the same dynamic that's in play for any exorbitantly priced journal - the publisher's monopoly on its own articles and the inelastic demand of many institutions.

My main concern relates to their Science Education database, which is not intrinsically unique content. Indeed, my understanding is that it simply presents pretty standard experimental methods in video form. That's a great idea for a product and one that many schools can use, but there's no reason I can think of why JoVe should be the only option on the market in this category. I've been waiting for some innovative science publisher to create a competitive product to break the "monopoly" and undercut JoVE's pricing, but if there is one I'm not aware of it.

Regardless, the pricing I've seen for the Science Education database puts it out of the question for us, sadly. The annual cost per video seems to me just stratospheric.

Matthew


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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Sheldon, Karen
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 11:26 AM
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Subject: [Eril-l] JoVE subscription?

Has anyone tried out JoVE Journal or JoVE Science Education yet? What are your feelings on the customer service and content? I'm just not sure that I'll get enough "bang for my buck" with their pricing structure.

Karen Sheldon
Electronic and Instructional Services Librarian
Delaware Valley University
700 East Butler Ave., Doylestown PA 18901
215.489.4968 | karen.sheldon at delval.edu<mailto:karen.sheldon at delval.edu>

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