We dropped the online component. I’m not sure why everyone thinks it’s a good business decision to jack prices up like that. As handy as online access is, things like this make me not want to ditch our paper archives.
Beth Vernaci
Library Assistant
AFSCME Information Center
American Federation of State, County
And Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
1625 L. Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-429-1057 phone
202-223-3255 fax
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Zusman, Laura
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:40 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] JAMA price increase
Good morning,
As everyone probably knows, JAMA took away their reasonably priced print + online option. We now have to choose one or the other, and the cost for the online has increased, for us, about 600%. We called JAMA directly, mostly just to let them know that we’re unhappy with this, and they basically told us that other libraries “in our situation” are paying the increase.
I’m just wondering if other libraries really are paying, and if so, are any of you making any fuss about it?
Thanks!
Laura
Laura Zusman
Electronic Information Librarian
Rivier College
Regina Library
420 S. Main St.
Nashua, NH 03060
603.897.8683
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