[These are responses to no.2557, which is repeated
below followed by the responses.]
no.2557. From: Catherine.Reiter_at_UCHSC.edu
We are looking for new ways to inform our users about the high costs of STM
journals. We have posted journal price information on our web site and
published various articles on this topic in our library newsletter, but do
not feel that these strategies have gotten the message acoss very well. Has
anyone tried posting journal prices directly onto the covers of unbound
journal issues? I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has tried this,
particularly about how it was done and whether you think it was worth the
effort. If there are other strategies that you have tried, I would
appreciate hearing about them, too. Thank you. -- Catherine Reiter
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Catherine M. Reiter, MA, AHIP
Unniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center
=====Reponse #1=====
From: "Jane E. Holmquist" <jane_at_phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
For a number of years, at subscription renewal time,
I have used a large conspicuous table in the library
to display a year's worth of bound volumes of a title (with pricetag)
together with the latest unbound issue (also with its pricetag attached)
and asked my users to help me evaluate the cost/benefit of some of the
subscriptions.
The visual display seems to help make the point, and people do comment.
Jane Holmquist
====Response #2======Subject:
From: Pete Banholzer <pete.banholzer_at_gsfc.nasa.gov>
In response to a recommendation from a visiting
committee evaluation about 6-7 years ago, we posted the subscription prices
on the displays in the Library (but never on our web site). It had some
impact on users the first couple of years or so but has become part of the
background by now so that I don't think that they really notice the price
information. We made an effort to update the prices annually but didn't
this year ( too much effort and a reduced staff ). Also, as Carol says,
visits to the physical library are dropping.
====Response #3=====
From: [A kind soul whose message was lost in my email crash. ja]
The gist: In the lobby, a display was mounted picturing a Nissan Sentra
with its MSRP$$ and beside the photo a stack of journals with the same cost.
It would be interesting to compare the cost per pound or kilo, too.
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Received on Tue Jan 11 2000 - 12:29:35 EST