[Eril-l] FW: ACS and pay-per-view - would you be interested?

[Arndt,Theresa]

Dickinson is in the same situation and following the same line of thinking as Trinity.  Despite the huge ACS journals increase our cost-per-use remains reasonable relative to other publishers.  It’s a very important resource to our faculty, and they and our students (FTE 2,359) do use it a lot.  We are, however, looking at cancelling RSC Gold before our next renewal, as that cost-per-use is way above what we consider reasonable and sustainable, as our the annual increases, and RSC has been unwilling to negotiate a more reasonable price even with our consortia.

- Best, Theresa

Theresa Arndt, MLS
Associate Director for Library Resources and Administration
Library and Information Services
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
voice:  717-245-1750
fax:  717-245-1439
arndtt at dickinson.edu<mailto:arndtt at dickinson.edu>

From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> On Behalf Of van Sickle, Jennifer
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 1:09 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] FW: ACS and pay-per-view - would you be interested?


Thank you, Jackie, for starting this discussion.  I’m not happy about annual database price inflation either, but it’s a problem with most vendors across the board for us.

We’re longtime subscribers to the ACS journals and bought the archive in the early 2000s.  We’re also an undergraduate college with an FTE under 2,500, but our Chemistry department is very active with a lot of students.   For CY 2017, our cost per use was just under $18, and we’re on track to set an all-time high for downloads in  2018.  We looked at the token program, but it didn’t make financial sense for us.

We cancelled our RSC Gold subscription after they wanted to increase the price by > 12% in one year.  Usage was a fraction of what we see with ACS, so it was no hardship.  Our faculty agreed with the decision.

Best,
Jennifer


Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.
Science Librarian and E-Resources Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106

860-297-2250 phone



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From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>> on behalf of Jackie S. DeLong <jdelong2 at washcoll.edu<mailto:jdelong2 at washcoll.edu>>
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Subject: [Eril-l] ACS and pay-per-view - would you be interested?

I have suggested to American Chemical Society adding a pay-per-view option instead of their subscription packages.  I’m told they don’t offer that option.  I’m just wondering, how many schools out there would be interested in a Pay-per-view option of ACS titles?  We are a very small school, and the prices for ACS are not sustainable and are very hard to justify outside accreditation requirements.  I’m feeling very frustrated actually.  Am I the only one??
Venting, and also want to see how many others feel the same way and what you have done to offset the cost.
Thanks
Jackie DeLong

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Jackie DeLong
Director of Resource Management
Miller Library | Washington College
300 Washington Ave. Chestertown, MD 21620
(410) 778-7278 | jdelong2 at washcoll.edu<mailto:jdelong2 at washcoll.edu>


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