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Electronic journal costs

1. Comparing Electronic Journals to Print Journals: Are There Savings?
2. Digital Alternatives: Solving the Problem or Shifting the Costs?
3. Economic Cost Models of Scientific Scholarly Journals
4. Economic Implications of Different Models of Publishing Scholarly Electronic Journals for Professional Societies and Other Small or Specialist Publishers
5. Economics of Electronic Journals
6. EPIC: Electronic Publishing is Cheaper
7. ICAAP: International Consortium of Alternative Academic Publication
8. JSTOR: The Development of a Cost-Driven, Value-Based Pricing Model
9. Pricing and Paying in the Electronic Information Environment

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Comparing Electronic Journals to Print Journals: Are There Savings?

Paper comparing the costs of traditional publishing methods with electronic opportunities.
     Author: Fisher, Janet H.
     Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing, publishing studies
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: article

Digital Alternatives: Solving the Problem or Shifting the Costs?

Paper originally presented at an Association of Research Libraries workshop in September 1997, discussing the potential, promotion, impact and cost of electronic journals in relation to the traditional monograph.
     Author: Day, Colin
     Subjects: electronic journal costs
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: article

Economic Cost Models of Scientific Scholarly Journals

Conference paper (April 1998) which summarises the costs of publishing scientific scholarly journals. Activities are described for five publishing components: article processing (eg editing, composition), non-article processing (eg covers, tables of contents, letters, book reviews), reproduction (eg printing, collating, binding), distribution (eg wrapping, labelling, sorting, mailing, subscription maintenance), and support (eg marketing, administration, finance). A cost model is derived for each of these components, and total costs of a 'typical' journal are presented, as well as costs of electronic publications.
     Author: King, Donald W. and Tenopir, Carol
     Subjects: electronic journal costs, scholarly communication
     DeweyClass: 001.2
     Resource type: article, journal

Economic Implications of Different Models of Publishing Scholarly Electronic Journals for Professional Societies and Other Small or Specialist Publishers

Report on current problems in academic publishing including the increased output of journal titles and articles, spiralling prices and tightening financial constraints on purchasers. The authors examine some of the economic implications of the recent strategies adopted by libraries to try and tackle these issues.
     Author: Fishwick, Francis; Edwards, Louise & Blagden, John
     Subjects: electronic journal costs
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: document

Economics of Electronic Journals

An article which discusses the question of whether electronic publications can be operated at much lower costs than print journals, and still provide all the services that scholars require. Concludes that the transition is likely to be complicated, since the scholarly publishing business is full of inertia and perverse economic incentives.
     Author: Odlyzko, Andrew
     Subjects: electronic journal costs
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: article

EPIC: Electronic Publishing is Cheaper

Discussion on the costs of electronic publishing, assessing the value of benefits specific to electronic media as opposed to print.
     Author: Regier, Willis G.
     Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: article

ICAAP: International Consortium of Alternative Academic Publication

Canadian initiative dedicated to the development of an international alternative scholarly communication system outside of the commercial mainstream, promoting a model of high-quality scholarly communication free from the heavy costs of printing, distribution, and administration associated with the publication of print and commercial journals. Includes a list of scholarly journals - all freeware or low cost shareware titles - affiliated with ICAAP.
     Author: ICAAP
     Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic journal production, research methods, scholarly communication
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: institution

JSTOR: The Development of a Cost-Driven, Value-Based Pricing Model

The purpose of this brief case report is to summarise how JSTOR's economic model was developed, what was learnt in the process of development, and what the future challenges might be.
     Author: Guthrie, Kevin M.
     Subjects: electronic journal costs
     DeweyClass: 070.5
     Resource type: article

Pricing and Paying in the Electronic Information Environment

Conference paper (January 1999) which examines various pricing formulae and charging mechanisms being used by publishers and producers of electronic material, particularly electronic journals, as well as models of pricing being proposed for the future. It also considers the options and implications for the funding of electronic resources within and between organisations.
     Author: Kent, Philip
     Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing
     DeweyClass: 025.0
     Resource type: article