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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ570450 |
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- Paying by the Article: Libraries Test a New Model for Scholarly Journals. Kiernan, Vincent Access to Information College Libraries Costs Electronic Journals Higher Education Journal Articles Library Collections Library Material Selection Publishing Industry Scholarly Journals Trend Analysis An experiment involving 10 university libraries and their patrons suggests that libraries may eventually buy access only to the specific journal articles that scholars want to read, rather than subscribe to the journals' complete contents. Three subscription types are being tested. So far, institutions are buying the least traditional form: access to individual articles. (MSE)