The Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices is on Sale Now.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/940211/the_survey_of_acad) has announced the addition of the "The Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices" report to their offering. This report looks closely at the acquisition practices for scientific, technical and academic journals of academic and research libraries. Some of the many issues covered: attitudes towards the pricing and digital access policies of select major journals publishers, preferences for print, print/electronic access combinations, and electronic access alone arrangements. Covers spending plans, preferences for use of consortiums, and use of, and evaluation of subscription agents. Charts attitudes towards CLOCKSS, open access, use of URL resolvers and other pressing issues of interest to major purchasers of academic and technical journals. The study presents data about the journals acquisitions and management practices of an international sample of academic and research libraries. The study reports on a broad range of issues including: spending trends, use of print vs. electronic access, purchases in "bundles", purchases through consortia, the role of subscription agents, use and plans for use of open access, attitudes towards the pricing practices of a range of major journal publishers, sources of funding for journal purchases and relations with academic and administrative departments of library parent organizations, and the practical management of the journal acquisition process, among other issues. Key Topics Covered: -List of Tables -SURVEY PARTICIPANTS -SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS -Chapter One: Spending on Academic Journals -Chapter Two: Acquisition Practices -Chapter Three: Open Access -Chapter Four: Managing Electronic Access -Chapter Six: URL Link Resolvers -Chapter Seven: CLOCKSS -Chapter Eight: Consortiums -Chapter Nine: Space for Periodicals -Chapter Ten: Subscription Agents -Chapter Eleven: Journal Pricing OTHER REPORTS FROM US List of Tables Companies Mentioned: SURVEY PARTICIPANTS - Ashesi University College at Fredonia - Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Library - Capital Health - Carroll University - College of Mount St. Joseph The College of Mount St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its enrollment as of fall 2006 was approximately 2,200 students. The school is also known by its students as Delhi Tech, the University of Delhi, or simply UD. - Eckerd College - Fayetteville State University History In 1867, seven black men - Matthew N. Leary, Andrew J. Chesnutt, Robert Simmons, George Grainger, Thomas Lomax, Nelson Carter, and David A. Bryant - paid $136 for two lots on Gillespie Street and converted themselves into a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to - Fox Chase Cancer Center The Fox Chase Cancer Center is a medical research facility and hospital located in the northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Center is an independent, non-profit institution which specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer. - Georgetown University - Gothenburg University Library - Indiana University - Institute FRACSIM - Medicin - MEHT - Middlesex University - Midwestern State University - Midwestern State University - Mount Union College Library - National and University Library - Nationwide Children's Hospital - Nazareth College - Olympic College - Oregon Health and Science University - Parkland Medical Center - Reed Library, State Univ. of New York - Rend Lake College - Rhode Island College - Ripon College - Lane Library - Rosalind Franklin University of - Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University, (known as SHSU and Sam, for short) founded in 1879, is a public university located in Huntsville, Texas. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first such - Self Regional Healthcare - St. Gregory's University - Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University (SRSU), a public university in Alpine, Texas, is named for former Texas governor, Civil War hero, and patriot Lawrence Sullivan Ross. It was founded in 1917 as Sul Ross Normal College and was made a full university in 1969. - Tata Memorial Hospital - Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. - U.S. Geological Survey Library - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia - University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. - University of Maastricht - University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university in Jacksonville, Florida. It currently has an enrollment of more than 16,000 students and employs over 500 full-time faculty. The current president is former Jacksonville mayor John Delaney. - University of Rhode Island History The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, and the original farmhouse still lies on the campus today. Libraries - Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, opened in 1852 as the Museum of Manufacturers at Marlborough House. It originally contained a nucleus of contemporary objects of applied art bought from the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the instigation of the - Wesley College - West Virginia University - Young Harris College - Zweigbibliothek Medizin For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/940211/the_survey_of_acad |
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