Re: SLACK price increases Adelaide Fletcher 17 Aug 2007 14:57 UTC
I called Slack today to find out why they increased their prices so drastically and they said they revised their pricing schedule as of yesterday. The increase is now something like 7% above last year's prices, but they wouldn't give me a direct quote because I go through a serials vendor. Is this the result of collective action from librarians? I hope so! *********************************** Adelaide Fletcher, MLIS, AHIP Electronic Resources Librarian Denver Medical Library Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center 1719 E. 19th Ave 303.839.6670 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Hamaker, Charles Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:44 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] SLACK price increases It sort of takes your breath away. I don't know anything comparable. Here's the quote for the 4 titles we subscribe to. I've included a link to the editorial boards in case someone has them on their campus. Here's our quote for 2008 for FTE of 10,001-20,000 for print or print plus online. AAOHN JOURNAL Editorial board listed at: http://www.aaohnjournal.com/about.asp Print: $224 Print Plus Online: $2240 JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN NURSING Editorial board listed at: http://www.jcenonline.com/about.asp Print: $319 Print Plus Online: $3190 JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING Print: $205 Print Plus Online: $2050 JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION Editorial board listed at: http://www.journalofnursingeducation.com/about.asp Print: $319 Print Plus Online: $3190 Chuck Hamaker Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services Atkins Library University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 phone 704 687-2825 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Connie Foster Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:43 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] SLACK price increases Has anyone else been aghast (or should we be surprised at any pricing these days) of the recent SLACK, Inc. 2008 model for print and print+online? Based on fte our print subscription, for example, to AAOHN is $224 and then the online with print goes to $2,240. The rest of the titles follow the same giant leap pattern ($250/$2500, etc.). I'm not real good at % but I think this is astronomical. And the sad thing is, like so many of these offers for free online with login, we just set up that mechanism for 2007, only to have that pulled away. Our health sciences librarian is pretty conscientious about following these offers and we try to accommodate when possible, but my basic instinct says not to do it. Just need company in my misery. Connie Foster -- ************************************************************************ ****************** Connie Foster, Professor and Head, Dept. of Library Technical Services Western Kentucky University Libraries Editor, Serials Review 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067 Bowling Green KY 42101-1067 connie.foster@wku.edu tel:270-745-6151 fax:270-745-3958 "Creating Information Possibilities" TopSCHOLAR(tm) http://digitalcommons.wku.edu Electronic submission for authors at http://ees.elsevier.com/serrev http://sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913 Message has been filtered by MX Logic.