David, did you contact your EBSCO rep to ask them to explain how they put
together the renewal checklist?  And if they have any advice about
projected price increases for 2007?

Our understanding is that since the list is generated in May/June that it
carries the latest price available at that time, which would mean the 2006
price for this year's checklist.  Library Journal annually publishes an
article analyzing price increases over the past year (that is, the 2006
article compares 2005 prices to 2006 prices) and can be helpful in
documenting inflation from year to year.

The 20% increase suggested by another poster is quite large compared to the
LJ figures which are less than 10%, but may be a good rule of thumb to
account for any Bill Laters or other titles without an available price on
the renewal checklist.

Planning your periodical expenditures is definitely an art and a science,
or perhaps more realistically a roll of the dice with hopes that you don't
crap out. :-)

Susan

Susan Davis
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Department
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY  14260-2210
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@buffalo.edu

--On Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:52 AM -0400 Dave Powell
<DPowell@MTSO.EDU> wrote:

> Hello:
>
>
>
> For those who use EBSCO, I have noticed that the prices on the renewal
> list last year were about 15% below what the actual invoice turned out
> to be.  This year's renewal list total is below last year's invoice
> total, so I know this is not accurate.  How would I go about deciding
> what to tell my director when he wants some numbes to take to the dean
> reflecting individual title increases?  Thanks for any insight....
>
>
>
> Journey well,
>
>
>
> David R. Powell
>
> Assistant Librarian
>
> John W. Dickhaut Library
>
> Methodist Theological School in Ohio
>
> 3081 Columbus Pike
>
> Delaware, Ohio  43015-8004
>
> (740) 362-3438
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>
>