ALCTS Discussion Sat, June 24th: The eJournal Pricing Model Explosion: Three Perspectives

["Chamberlain, Clinton K." <Clinton.Chamberlain@trinity.edu>]

ALCTS Discussion Sat, June 24th: The eJournal Pricing Model Explosion:
Three Perspectives

If you're attending the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans and 
interested in the rapid proliferation of pricing models for 
ejournals, packages and aggregations, please join our discussion 
group. Ever evolving pricing models offer benefits and challenges 
but may produce unintended consequences. Panelists representing a 
commercial publisher, a non-profit aggregator and an academic 
library will address this theme, leaving ample time for audience 
participation.

Our panelists are:

.  Beth R. Bernhardt, Electronic Journals and Document Delivery
Librarian, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

.  Christopher M. McKenzie, Vice President of Sales, North and 
South America, Wiley InterScience, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

.  Susan Skomal, PhD, Executive Director, BioOne

Topics will cover:

Publishers:

.  What does a publisher consider in selecting a pricing model?

.  What data do you use in the modeling process?

.  When is it useful to have multiple pricing models?

.  Are consortial based models essential?

.  Have you considered methods for incorporating usage into 
pricing?

.  What are the potential challenges and advantages of various 
models?

.  What trends do you predict in the evolution of pricing 
models?

Librarians:

.  What pricing models are attractive to a librarian?

.  How does the size and type of library you represent change 
your response?

.  What new developments in pricing models can you anticipate?

.  How do multiple pricing models affect consortial purchases?

.  Can you provide examples of unintended consequences?

This meeting of the ALCTS SS Journal Costs in Academic Libraries 
Discussion Group takes place Saturday, June 24th from 4-6 pm in 
the Morial Convention Center, Rooms 244-245.  Please come to 
learn and contribute!

For more information, please contact

Clint Chamberlain

Vice-Chair, ALCTS SS Journal Costs in Academic Libraries Discussion
Group Assistant Professor, E-Access/Serials Librarian Trinity
University, Elizabeth Huth Coates Library
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, Texas  78212-7200
Office: (210) 999-7613  Fax: (210) 999-8182
Clinton.Chamberlain@trinity.edu