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dc.contributor.authorShu, Fei
dc.contributor.authorMongeon, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorHaustein, Stefanie
dc.contributor.authorSiler, Kyle
dc.contributor.authorAlperin, Juan Pablo
dc.contributor.authorLarivière, Vincent
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-09T20:25:37Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONfr
dc.date.available2020-04-09T20:25:37Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1866/23252
dc.publisherAssociation of College and Research Librariesfr
dc.rightsCe document est mis à disposition selon les termes de la Licence Creative Commons Paternité 4.0 International. / This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleIs it such a big deal? On the cost of journal use in the digital erafr
dc.typeArticlefr
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'informationfr
dc.identifier.doi10.5860/crl.79.6.785
dcterms.abstractCommercial scholarly publishers promote and sell bundles of journals— known as big deals—that provide access to entire collections rather than individual journals. Following this new model, size of serial collections in academic libraries increased almost fivefold from 1986 to 2011. Using data on library subscriptions and references made for a sample of North American universities, this study provides evidence that, while big deal bundles do decrease the mean price per subscribed journal, academic libraries receive less value for their investment. We find that university researchers cite only a fraction of journals purchased by their libraries, that this fraction is decreasing, and that the cost per cited journal has increased. These findings reveal how academic publishers use product differentiation and price strategies to increase sales and profits in the digital era, often at the expense of university and scientific stakeholders.fr
dcterms.isPartOfurn:ISSN:0010-0870fr
dcterms.isPartOfurn:ISSN:2150-6701fr
dcterms.languageengfr
UdeM.ReferenceFournieParDeposantShu, F., Mongeon, P., Haustein, S., Siler, K, Alperin, J. P., & Larivière V. (2018). Is it such a big deal? On the cost of journal use in the digital era. College & Research Libraries, 79(6), 785-798.fr
UdeM.VersionRioxxVersion publiée / Version of Recordfr
oaire.citationTitleCollege and research libraries
oaire.citationVolume79
oaire.citationIssue6
oaire.citationStartPage785
oaire.citationEndPage798


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