We cancel titles when the prices are exorbitant.  Then we inform the
publisher of that detail.

Ellen
Ellen Rothbaum, MS, AHIP
Assistant Director
Daniel Carroll Payson Medical Library
North Shore University Hospital
300 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
Voice:  (516) 562-4324
Fax:  (516) 562-2865
ellenr@nshs.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Snider
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:36 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Journal costs

Hello all,

I realize that I am going to sound extraordinarily naive but I must
admit
that I am reeling over sticker shock. We just received the renewal
notification for Journal of Vocational Behavior, and discovered that
next
year this bimonthly is going to cost libraries, $1,101. Of course, I
find
this astounding. Each issue is $183.50! How are others handling these
unconscionable prices?

Thank you for letting me have a mini-rant.

Regards,

Jacqueline Snider, M.L.S., M.A.
ACT Information Resource Center
200 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-0168
Voice: 319-337-1165
Fax: 319-337-1538
Email: jacqueline.snider@act.org

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