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This 106-page report examines the scholarly journal
licensing and acquisition practices of academic and special
libraries, highlighting trends in journal subscriptions,
publishers' pricing policies, and library spending on both
print and online access journals. Based on a survey of 47
libraries from the United States and abroad, the report
details library budgets for scholarly journals over the past
two years as well as projections through 2013 while exploring
the library's relationship and satisfaction with various
subscription agents, including Ebsco, Harrasowitz, and Swets,
among others. How has the open access movement affected
journal prices and how willing have libraries been to embrace
it? How many subscriptions have libraries cancelled over the
past year and how many new ones have they added? What role do
consortia play in journal purchasing and how do they affect
journal acquisition policies?
The sample represents a broad range of institutions,
with academic libraries from all levels of higher education
including community colleges, 4-year colleges, and research
universities. Data is broken out by country, type of library,
and 2011-12 spending on journals.
