A Snapshot in Time

The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012

“…Already in 2003, Case was observing a rapid shift from bundled print and electronic subscriptions to electronic-only subscriptions. 6 By 2006, print equivalents had been cancelled for 153 out of 266 contracts (58%) for the five publishers covered by that survey. In 2012, with the exception of a single publisher (Taylor & Francis), no libraries reported that they retained corresponding print subscriptions for their complete journal bundles (7 out of 352 contracts still included print, or 2%).…”

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“…It measures the average relative level of prices in a fixed basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each year through current fund educational and general expenditures, excluding research." 6 During the period since 2008 while administrative budgets were being battered, HEPI continued increasing (see Figure 4). In FY11-12 89% of reporting libraries had administrative budgets that did not keep up with inflation, that is increased less than 3%, remained static, or were reduced from the previous year (see Figures 5 and 6).…”