Re: Article based subscription

["Paul M. Gherman" <Gherman@library.vanderbilt.edu>]

David Goodman makes the point that articles could be priced differentially
depending on the cost of the journal they are from. In the PEAK experiment
each library subscribed to a specific number of articles at the beginning
of the year in the same way we currently subscribe to a specific set of
journals. In actuality we found that all libraries over subscribed
purchasing more articles than their patrons used. But over time, I am sure
we would all know how to benchmark our individual campus use. Under the
PEAK system all articles cost the same which made administering the system
easy.


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