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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 21:29:45 EDT
From: Albert Henderson <70244.1532@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: Re: Cost per Use of Journal Titles (Kimberly J. Laird)

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Kimberly J. Laird <lairdk@MEDSERV.ETSU-TN.EDU> asks

> We are attempting to locate articles or information on how libraries
> have determined cost per use of journal titles and what they've
> decided the cut off point is for dropping "expensive" journal titles.
> If you know of articles or if your library has determined cost per
> use & use that information to drop journal titles, please let me
> know. I'd like to know what the cut off point is for your library &
> any other information you may have.

Bruce Kingma has a pretty good summary in his book, THE
ECONOMICS OF ACCESS VS. OWNERSHIP, recently published
by Haworth Press. My main caveat with the epidemic of  this sort
of analysis is that it fails to take into account the cost to the
researcher and research sponsor.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
70244.1532@compuserve.com