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ERIC Number: EJ552697
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2519
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Monopoly Power and Electronic Journals.
Meyer, Richard W.
Library Quarterly, v67 n4 p325-49 Oct 1997
Rising periodical prices and lagging library budgets have many academics hoping that scholarly print journals will migrate to online versions. Examines economic factors shaping the electronic journal market, emerging new electronic journals, access versus ownership, consortial purchasing, self-maintained infrastructures, elimination of tenure and promotion, and taking legal action to unbundle articles. (50 references) (PEN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Costs, Economic Factors, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Library Expenditures, Online Catalogs, Printed Materials, Scholarly Journals, Tenure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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