RE: 12 SAGE journals migrating to an e-only format

["Emmet, Joan" <joan.emmet@yale.edu>]

I had thought that the announced discounts for e-only pricing 
were a bit fishy.  Like a big box store going out of business, 
huge discounts applied, but prices get inflated artificially in 
order to apply discounts which brings the product back to its 
original list price without discount.  The Sage announcement 
neatly avoided mentioning anything about price increase, only 
their decrease, which as Bernd-Christoph Kaemper points out can 
easily result in an overall price increase!

Joan Emmet
NERL Consortium
PH: (203) 432-2897 | FX: (203) 432-7231
joan.emmet@yale.edu
http://www.library.yale.edu/NERLpublic

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of bernd-christoph.kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:43 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: 12 SAGE journals migrating to an e-only format

We want to help you stay ahead of the curve by providing online
access to your users along with these additional benefits:

*A significant savings for your library - the E-access option
represents a significant discount off both the Combined (Print &
E-access) and Print-only rates

Congratulations to SAGE for the most cynic statement yet released
in response to the ICOLC statement on the economic crisis.

Price increase for all titles mentioned below for 2010 is +15% if
you compare like and like (e-only), and still +4%, if you compare
combined price 2009 with with e-only 2010. For a title by title
comparison see below.

Best regards,
Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library

McCarthy, Sheenagh schrieb:

> *****Apologies for cross posting****
>
> The following 12 SAGE journals will be migrating to an
> electronic only format for the 2010 subscription year.
>
> Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society - (ISSN: 0270-4676)

(in USD, in brackets: price with backfile access) e-only price
increase 757 (841) => 875 (963) (+15%, # issues unchanged), 2009
combined was 841 (925)

> Clinical Case Studies - (ISSN: 1534-6501)

e-only price increase 490 => 566, (+15%, #issues unchanged) 2009
combined was 544

> Field Methods - (ISSN: 1525-822X)

e-only price increase 725 (806) => 837 (921) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 805 (886)

> Journal of Adolescent Research - (ISSN: 0743-5584)

e-only price increase 685 (761) => 791 (870) (+15%, #issues unchanged)
2009 combined was 751 (837)

> Journal of Business and Technical Communication - (ISSN: 1050-6519)

e-only price increase 547 (606) => 632 (695)  (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 608 (669)

> Journal of Environment & Development, The - (ISSN: 1070-4965)

e-only price increase 502 (558) => 580 (636) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 558 (614)

> Management Communication Quarterly - (ISSN: 0893-3189)

e-only price increase 515 (572) => 595 (655) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 572 (629)

> Men and Masculinities - (ISSN: 1097-184X)

e-only price increase 522 (580) => 603 (663) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 580 (638)

> Organization & Environment - (ISSN: 1086-0266)

e-only price increase 595 (661) => 687 (756) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 661 (727)

> Simulation & Gaming - (ISSN: 1046-8781)

e-only price increase 905 (1006) => 1045 (1150) (+15%, #issues
unchanged) 2009 combined was 1005 (1106)

> Trauma, Violence, & Abuse - (ISSN: 1524-8380)

e-only price increase 423 => 489 (+15.5%, #issues unchanged) 2009
combined was 470

> Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice - (ISSN: 1541-2040)

e-only price increase 284 => 328 (+15.5%, #issues unchanged) 2009
combined was 315

> We want to help you stay ahead of the curve by providing online
> access to your users along with these additional benefits:
>
> *A significant savings for your library - the E-access option
> represents a significant discount off both the Combined (Print
> & E-access) and Print-only rates
>
> *Increased discoverability and simultaneous use - providing
> electronic access to these journals at your library will ensure
> increased usage by faculty and students
>
> *Saving shelf space
>
> *Positive environmental impact - SAGE has partnered with the
> Arbor Day Foundation to plant a tree for every subscription
> that moves to the E-access option.  Not only will you save
> trees by eliminating print copies, but you will be making a
> positive impact on our world!
>
> If you have any questions, please view our FAQ sheet at
> <http://www.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/eonly_faq.pdf> or
> contact SAGE Journals Customer Service at journals@sagepub.com.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sheenagh McCarthy
> Senior Marketing Manager
> Library Group
> SAGE Publications Inc
> 2455 Teller Road
> Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
> USA
> sheenagh.mccarthy@sagepub.com