Publishers Face Pressure from Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals
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| author | Howard, Jennifer |
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| contents | Publishers Face Pressure from Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals Howard, Jennifer Research Libraries Academic Libraries Library Administration Library Associations Library Materials Publishing Industry Vendors Cost Indexes Supply and Demand The publishers' hall at the recent Association of College and Research Libraries conference, held in Seattle in mid-March, was a study in give-and-take: how much publishers such as Elsevier and Oxford University Press will give in this lousy economy, and how much budget-strapped librarians can take. Libraries are some of the biggest customers for academic and commercial publishers. Salespeople from some bigger vendors--in the supersize category of Ebsco, Elsevier, and ProQuest--did not want to speak on the record, but did say they had heard sob stories from customers. Publishers are worried. People are hoping they are going to freeze pricing next year. Will they? That's not the sort of thing publishers shout from the rooftops. At the conference, a wait-and-see attitude prevailed. Now more than ever, publishers feel they must walk a fine line. They want to make sure they are not undervaluing their product, but they don't want to be seen as harsh. They are trying to be mindful of tough times. Some publishers are likely to hold prices flat in response to the economic downturn, or even lower their prices. Publishers can go only so far, though. For libraries that need to save hard-to-come-by cash--striking deals through a library consortium is the best way to make the most of the members' collective buying and bargaining power. That was true long before the downturn, but group clout comes in extra handy in times like these. |
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| spellingShingle | Publishers Face Pressure from Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals Howard, Jennifer Research Libraries Academic Libraries Library Administration Library Associations Library Materials Publishing Industry Vendors Cost Indexes Supply and Demand Publishers Face Pressure from Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals Howard, Jennifer Research Libraries Academic Libraries Library Administration Library Associations Library Materials Publishing Industry Vendors Cost Indexes Supply and Demand The publishers' hall at the recent Association of College and Research Libraries conference, held in Seattle in mid-March, was a study in give-and-take: how much publishers such as Elsevier and Oxford University Press will give in this lousy economy, and how much budget-strapped librarians can take. Libraries are some of the biggest customers for academic and commercial publishers. Salespeople from some bigger vendors--in the supersize category of Ebsco, Elsevier, and ProQuest--did not want to speak on the record, but did say they had heard sob stories from customers. Publishers are worried. People are hoping they are going to freeze pricing next year. Will they? That's not the sort of thing publishers shout from the rooftops. At the conference, a wait-and-see attitude prevailed. Now more than ever, publishers feel they must walk a fine line. They want to make sure they are not undervaluing their product, but they don't want to be seen as harsh. They are trying to be mindful of tough times. Some publishers are likely to hold prices flat in response to the economic downturn, or even lower their prices. Publishers can go only so far, though. For libraries that need to save hard-to-come-by cash--striking deals through a library consortium is the best way to make the most of the members' collective buying and bargaining power. That was true long before the downturn, but group clout comes in extra handy in times like these. |
| title | Publishers Face Pressure from Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals |
| topic | Research Libraries Academic Libraries Library Administration Library Associations Library Materials Publishing Industry Vendors Cost Indexes Supply and Demand |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ838622 |