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Survival in Uncertain Times
Library Materials CostsExploding
Lois SchultzApril 22, 2003
Headlines
• Crisis in Scholarly Communication• Serials Market Declared
Dysfunctional• Big Chill on the Big Deal• Searching for Serials Utopia• Do Current Copyright Laws Limit
Your Use of Your Own Publications:
UNCERTAINITIES
• Serials costs still on the increase• Financial scandals• Mergers & monopolies• Budget deficits• Weak dollar• Bundling of journals• Archival of content• War
This Is the World Libraries Are Living in Today
What Are We Doing About It?
• Cutting serials
• Cutting monographs
• Seeking more money
• Participating in consortia sales
• Purchasing package deals
• Being creative in other ways
Crisis in Scholarly Communication at the University of Kentucky on April 7, 2003
UK SymposiumApril 7, 2003
“The crisis is growing to the point that scholarship and education will be damaged significantly if we do nothing”
David Shulenburger, Provost, University of Kansas
Serials Increase
• 1999 161,000 Serials Titles
• 1985/86 103,700 Serials Titles
• Increase 55%
Dr. Shulenburger’s Source: Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory
Update of Dr. Shulenburger’s Statistics
• 2002 172,000 Serials Titles
• 1999 161,000 Serials Titles
• 1985/86 103,700 Serials Titles
• Increase 65% since 1985/86
• Increase 6.8% from 1999 to 2002
Calibrations Between 1986 and 2000
• Consumer Price Index increased 57%• Cost of Monographs increased 66%• Price of Helath Care increased 111% (’86-98)• Cost of Scholarly Journals increased 226%• ARL Library Budgets increased 105%
Source: David E. Shulenburger’s April 7, 2003 presentation at the University of Kentucky
Eye Opening Example• If a serials budget were $10 Million in
1986, it would have required $32.6 million to purchase the same number of serials in 2000.
• But to purchase the same proportion of all serials would have required a serials budget of $49.8 million
Source: David E. Shulenburger’s April 7, 2003 presentation at the University of Kentucky
Consequences
• ARL Serials subscriptions - 7%
• ARL Monographs -17%
• Impact on scholarship ?
• Source: David E. Shulenburger’s April 7, 2003 presentation at the University of Kentucky
WHY?
• We gave our intellectual property away to private firms and scholarly societies.
• They have found they can sell it back to us at prices that will produce profits and/or support the cost of other activities.
Source: David E. Shulenburger’s April 7, 2003 presentation at the University of Kentucky
Market Power Exists
• New Entrants do not reduce market power.
• Top journal in each discipline have market power, that is, they can raise prices without significant loss of subscription volume.
Source: David E. Shulenburger’s April 7, 2003 presentation at the University of Kentucky
SPARC
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
Julia Blixrud was the SPARC speaker at the UK Symposium
SPARC is a worldwide alliance of research institutions, libraries and organizations that encourages competition in the scholarly communications market. It introduces new solutions to scientific journal publishing, facilitates
the use of technology to expand access, and partners with publishers that bring top-quality low-cost research to a greater audience.
One of SPARC’s Programs
Alternatives ProgramsEncourages and supports projects that represent a direct and strong competitive alternative to existing
high-price journal titles.
Alternative Journals
• Tetrahedron Letters $10,345
• Organic Letters 2,850
• Journal of Crystal Growth 9,911
• Crystal Growth & Design 1,853
ALTERNATIVES HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE DISCIPLINE.
ACRL’s Highest Strategic Priority
• SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE
– CLOSE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LIBRARIANS AND OTHER FACULTY TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION
Some Statistics
Average 2003 Periodicals Cost
• Chemistry $2,403
• Physics 2,358
• Technology 1,200
• Biology 1,176
• Political Science 315
• History 137
• Music 104
• Source: Library Journal April 15, 2003
Average 2003 USA Periodicals Cost
• Chemistry $1,520• Physics 1,520• Engineering 433• Zoology 544 • Political Science 149• History 72• Fine & Applied Arts 62Source: The Bowker Annual 2002
Projections
• Publishers that survive the RoweCom/ Faxon failure will try to recoup cost through price increases over the next few years
• 2003 cost of periodicals increase just under 12%
• Weaker dollar
• Serious state budget defcits
This is the environment that we find ourselves in.
Budget Subcommittee
Clinton Hewan
Yasue Kawahara
Kathy Schroerlucke
Lois Schultz
Charge
To fine tune the formula for allocating the departmental funds to include the graduate programs.
Present FormulaX = A + 2B + 3C + D +2E
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Where X = Departmental allocation
A = Lower division courses
B = Upper division courses
C = Credit hours
D = Cost of books
E = Cost of serials
No department could lose or gain more than 5
%.
The Subcommittee labored over how to refine the formula to include the graduate program.
Recommended Formula
X = A + 2B +3C + 3D + E +2F
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X = Departmental allocation
A = Percentage of university’s lower division courses generated by the department
B = Percentage of the university’s upper division courses generated by the department
C = Percentage of graduate courses generated by the department
D = Percentage of the university’s student credit hours generated by the department
E = Percentage of the average cost of books published in all subject areas by the average cost of books published in the department’s subject area
F = Percentage of the average cost of periodicals published in all subject area by the average cost of periodicals published in the department’s subject area
Question
Are 500 level courses graduate or upper division?
Is the same true if the department doesn’t have a graduate program?
Recommended Formula
X = A + 2B +3C + 3D + E +2F
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X = Departmental allocation
A = Percentage of university’s lower division courses generated by the department
B = Percentage of the university’s upper division courses generated by the department
C = Percentage of graduate courses generated by the department
D = Percentage of the university’s student credit hours generated by the department
E = Percentage of the average cost of books published in all subject areas by the average cost of books published in the department’s subject area
F = Percentage of the average cost of periodicals published in all subject area by the average cost of periodicals published in the department’s subject area
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