We asked Ebsco to give us alerts whenever a title's price increases by 25%.
This is a new service we have requested from them. Our former vendor Faxon had
done this for us for many years. They are emailing this information to our
Acquisitions staff. Faxon used to send us a printed "price increase alert" for
any titles that increased by a certain percentage.

--On Friday, November 22, 2002 8:24 AM -0500 Ian Woodward
<iwoodward@mail.colgate.edu> wrote:

> Our Annual Renewal List also quotes a price of $161.  However, the invoice we
> received from EBSCO lists a charge of $299.  I do think EBSCO might send
> alerts under such circumstances.  Harrassowitz does for price increases that
> exceed 30%.  IW
>
> I. Woodward
> Serials Office
> Colgate University Libraries
> 13 Oak Drive
> Hamilton, N.Y. 13346
> USA
> Ph:  315-228-7306
> Fax: 315-228-7934
> iwoodward@mail.colgate.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcia Tuttle [mailto:tuttle@EMAIL.UNC.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:56 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Price Increases for 2003 (2 messages)
>
>
> ----------1
> Subject: Re: History
> From: HAIMOVSKY@FORDHAM.EDU
> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:19:32 -0500
>
>
> I checked my Ebsco renewal list and the price for HISTORY is still $161.00
> for 2003. Could it be just a mistake on your list?
>
> Kira Haimovsky
> Fordham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Crow [mailto:crowna@QUINCY.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: History
>
>
> I am going through my EBSCO renewal list and found that History: A Journal of
> the History Association has raised its subscription price from $161 to $299
> per year. I emailed Judy Cornish,marketing manager for journals at
> jcornish@blackwellpublishers.co.uk and told her it was absurd.   I'm waiting
> for her reply.  Maybe she should hear from everyone!
>
> Nancy Crow, Assistant Librarian
> Serials/Interlibrary Loan
> Quincy University
> 1800 College Ave.
> Quincy, IL  62301-2699
>
> 217-228-5348 (voice); 217-228-5354 (fax)
> crowna@quincy.edu
> http://www.quincy.edu/library/
>
> ----------2
> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:31:14 -0800
> From: Beverly Butler <bbutler@library.ca.gov>
> Subject: Re: History
>
> Our Faxon/Dawson/Rowe/Divine agent always provides special notice of price
> increases over a certain dollar amount.  I think it was written into the
> contract.  We have the right to cancel at that point if we choose.
>
> Beverly Butler
> California State Library
>
> At 01:27 PM 11/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>> I noticed this, too, as I went through our 2003 renewal invoice.  I
>> have always estimated  a 13% increase, plus our service charge.  I
>> cancel or add subscriptions accordingly and as our budget allows.
>> However, this year it seemed like an unusually high number of journals
>> had a price increase of over 50%.
>>
>> Budget dollars are even tighter this year.  Consequently, I asked my
>> EBSCO sales rep, who happened to visit yesterday, to request a renewal
>> confirmation from the library for any price increase over 30%.  They
>> did notify me of one increase (Biochemistry) and asked if we still
>> wanted to renew, so it's not like they can't do this.  I consider this
>> the "service" part of the service charge we are paying.  Let them earn
>> it if they want our business!
>>
>> Martha Spicuzza
>> Technical Services Librarian/Serials
>> Hillsdale College Mossey Library
>> 517-437-7341 ext. 2405

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