Hello
We don't have multi-site so I can only answer one question.
For lower priced journals, the price would not be as much of a factor as
which format suits that department. Print plus online would be the
ideal, but we gave that up about three years ago. IP recognition is a
deciding factor - can the students access by going through our website
with their passwords. Needing to hand out passwords for a journal would
be a killer.

The difference between print and online only has gotten smaller. For
some journals it is the same price for print or on-line. It was at least
20%
Some examples -
Publisher A- $278 vs $303; $761 vs $829 - We watch the journals above
$500 very carefully to see what the prices are doing for both formats.
Publisher B $1317 vs $1386 - we purchase only the journals we absolutely
need from them and if the department share drops, at least one of these
would be cut.
Publisher C $325 vs $380 - Quite acceptable. We carry one of these even
though it is available with an embargo in a database.

We are billed as a tier 3 college because we have a small doctoral
program.

Margaret Mitchell
Print Collection Librarian
Logue Library
Chestnut Hill College
215 248-7073
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[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Craig Triplett
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:36 PM
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Subject: [SERIALST] Price differential for multi-site licenses

Hello, all: I work for a relatively small educational association, and
I'm trying to drag our academic quarterly into the 21st century. We
currently offer a print-and-online subscription only, but I'd like to
offer an electronic-only subscription option and multi-site licenses.
The electronic version of the journal is hosted on Ingenta. Here are my
questions:

1. Can you give me some idea of the usual price differential between
print-and-online and online only? I realize that some publishers are
gouging libraries for the online option, but we're not interested in
doing that.

2. Can you give me an idea of the usual price differential for
multi-site licenses? I can't seem to find this kind of information
anywhere.

I'd appreciate any advice you could offer.

Thank you,
Craig

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