Newsletter on Serial Pricing Issues 075 (March 18, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/nspi/nspi-ns075 ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 75 -- March 18, 1993 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 75.1 FROM THE EDITOR, Marcia Tuttle 75.2 OBTAINING TIMELY PRICES FOR SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS, Donald W. Koepp 75.1 FROM THE EDITOR Marcia Tuttle, tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu. The following memorandum, written by Donald Koepp on behalf of the Associa- tion of Research Libraries Working Group on Firm Serial Prices, is reprin- ted here with the author's permission. The newsletter will be happy to receive for possible publication messages discussing the content of this memorandum. 75.2 OBTAINING TIMELY PRICES FOR SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS Donald W. Koepp, (Princeton University, Princeton NJ), for Association of Research Libraries, 21 Dupont Circle, Washington DC 20036. March 2, 1993 To: STM Publishers & Subscription Agencies From: ARL Working Group on Firm Serial Prices Re: Obtaining Timely Prices for Subscription Renewals A Working Group of directors of libraries belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), urgently request that (1) publishers belonging to the STM international organization and (2) U.S. and European subscription agencies, this year and in succeeding years exercise a leadership role in lessening serious difficulties confronting North American research librar- ies by establishing and conveying firm price quotes for subscriptions for the following calendar year by September 1 of the current year. Obviously, in order for the subscription agencies to meet this request it will be necessary for the publishers to make price decisions sometime before Sep- tember 1. Research libraries are annually confronted with great difficulties in serial renewals, a process which must take place in a collegial environment and in a timely fashion, and yet needs to conform to standard business practices, meeting deadlines to insure the uninterrupted flow of those subscriptions which we wish to renew. Under current practices and all too often, subscription prices may be set late in the year, may be supplemented with additional charges after libraries have made payments, or simply may not be communicated to customers or agencies expeditiously. As they occur, such practices simply do not afford research libraries enough time to make careful comparisons before making final decisions as to continuation or cancellation. While these difficulties are created by many different types of serial publishers, we are first requesting assistance from the STM publishers and agents acting on their behalf because (1) the preponderance of our serial costs comes from STM publishers and (2) we believe you have the technology and we hope the will, to be key in leading the way to solutions. The undersigned speaks for the library directors of 95 institutions that are united in making this basic request of you. Additionally individual institutions may communicate a variety of special delivery and invoicing requirements. While these were discussed in depth at the Denver meeting and the working group considers them important issues, we recognized that there is too much variation for us to be able to come forward with uniform pro- posals, at least at this time. We look forward to hearing from you soon about your ability to deliver firm prices to us by September 1 each year and welcome the opportunity to dis- cuss these matters with you more fully, as we were able to do with repre- sentatives during the time of the recent ALA Midwinter meeting. Sincerely, Donald W. Koepp Chair ------- Distribution List Herman Pabbruwe Chair, STM Library Relations Committee Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Kamerlingh Onnesweg 7-11 3316 GK Dordrecht The Netherlands John Cox, Managing Director Blackwell's Hythe Bridge Street Oxford, England OX1 2ET Joel H. Baron Vice President & Chief Publications Officer Faxon 15 Southwest Park Westwood, MA 02090 James Smith Vice President & Director Academic Information Service Center Faxon 15 Southwest Park Westwood, MA 02090 Dr. Knut Dorn Otto Harrassowitz Taunstrasse 5 Postfach 2929 D6200 Wiesbaden, Germany W. Jane Maddox Director of Library Services for North America Otto Harrassowitz P. O. 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Shaughnessy, University of Minnesota Libraries Martha Bowman, University of Missouri Library Kent Hendrickson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Paul Fasana, New York Public Library Jerome Yavarkovsky, New York State Library Carlton C. Rochell, New York University Libraries Joe A. Hewitt, University of North Carolina Library Susan K. Nutter, North Carolina State University David F. Bishop, Northwestern University Libraries William J. Studer, Ohio State University Libraries Sul H. Lee, University of Oklahoma Libraries Edward R. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Library Paul H. Mosher, University of Pennsylvania Libraries Nancy Cline, Pennsylvania State University Library Paul Kobulnicky, University of Pittsburgh Libraries Donald Koepp, Princeton University Library Emily R. Mobley, Purdue University Library Beth Shapiro, Rice University Library James F. Wyatt, University of Rochester Libraries Frank Polach, Rutgers University Library Frank S. Winter, University of Saskatchewan Barbara J. Smith, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Arthur P. Young, University of South Carolina Peter Lyman, University of Southern California Robert L. Street, Stanford University Libraries Meredith Butler, State University of New York at Albany Libraries Barbara von Wahlde, State University of New York at Buffalo Libraries John B. Smith, State University of New York at Stony Brook Library David H. Stam, Syracuse University Library James N. Myers, Temple University Paula T. Kaufman, University of Tennessee Libraries Harold W. Billings, University of Texas Libraries Mary Lou Goodyear, Texas A&M University Library Carole Moore, University of Toronto Libraries Philip E. Leinbach, Tulane University Library Malcolm Getz, Vanderbilt University Library Kendon Stubbs and Carol Pfeiffer, University of Virginia Joanne Eustis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Betty G. Bengtson, University of Washington Libraries Shirley K. 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