Hello -- You might look at web site for the Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries, in particular their directory of ASA members is helpful starting point: http://subscription-agents.org/members-directory .
There are other subscription agents in business that are not members of ASA, so there are still choices to be made among serials vendors.
Good luck in your research! Marilyn McSweeney
Marilyn G. McSweeney
Program Manager, Acquisitions and Discovery Enhancement
Collections Strategy and Management
MIT Libraries, Bldg. 14E-210
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: (617) 258-5426; Fax: 617-253-2464; E-mail: mgm_at_mit.edu<mailto:mgm_at_mit.edu>
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Subject: [ACQNET-L] Serials Jobbers
Hi All,
My library currently uses EBSCO as our serials jobber. Our contract with them has ended and so have our discounts on inflationary increases for EBSCO database products.
We’re trying to decide if it’s worth sending out a bid for a new serials jobber given the few that seem to still be in existence.
For libraries that have recently gone through this process, which jobber ended up having the lowest service charge? Besides, EBSCO, WT Cox, and Harrasowitz, are there any other jobbers left?
Given how so many of our journal subscriptions are now part of large publisher packages, have any libraries decided to drop their jobber and manage subscriptions on their own?
I look forward to your thoughts on this.
Charlie
Charlie Remy
Assistant Professor
Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
UTC-Dept 6456
600 Douglas St.
Chattanooga, TN 37403
charlie-remy_at_utc.edu<mailto:charlie-remy_at_utc.edu>
Tel. 423-425-4470
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