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 Charles Hamaker Collection Development commercial publishers consumer Cost Indices current serials dual pricing Economic Consulting Services Elsevier estimated exchange rates Field Physical FIELD SPECIFIC PRICE FIGURE foreign funding granting agencies growth rate high prices higher impact INDICES FOR SCHOLARLY institutions International Monetary Fund Journal Price Labor Library Acquisitions library budgets library community library expenditures literature materials budget natural monopoly Netherlands non-commercial channels not-for-profit number of serials Okerson percent Percentage change Pergamon period Physics PRICE AND COST produced producer price index publication publishing costs research libraries research results sample scholarly publishing scholars Science science journals scientific serial titles serials budget serials costs serials crisis serials expenditures serials prices serials publishing Society subscription prices substantial U.S. dollar U.S. prices United Kingdom West Germany