Report of the ARL Serials Prices Project

academic actions American Library Association annual ARL libraries ARL Membership ARL university libraries Association of Research average price cancellation charges Charles Hamaker Collection Development commercial publishers consumer Consumer Price Index current serials dual pricing Elsevier exchange rates faculty Figure funding granting agencies growth rate high prices higher impact inflation institutions International Monetary Fund Journal Price Journal Publishing Labor Library Acquisitions library budgets library collections library community library expenditures Library Materials Price literature materials budget natural monopoly Netherlands non-commercial channels not-for-profit number of serials Okerson percent Percentage change Pergamon problem produced producer price index publication purchased recommendations research libraries research results sample scholarly publishing scholars Science science journals scientific serial titles serials budget serials collections serials costs serials crisis serials expenditures serials prices serials publishing Society specific subscription prices substantial technical total serials trends U.S. dollar U.S. prices West Germany