Newsletter on Serial Pricing Issues 096 (September 28, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/nspi/nspi-ns096 ISSN: 1046-3410 NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES NO 96 -- September 28, 1993 Editor: Marcia Tuttle CONTENTS 96.1 RATE OF EXCHANGE: DUTCH GUILDER AGAINST THE US DOLLAR, Marian Reijnen 96.2 PROFIT, TECHNOLOGY & SCHOLARSHIP: SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SEMINAR, Marcia Tuttle 96.3 FROM THE MAILBOX 96.1 RATE OF EXCHANGE: DUTCH GUILDER AGAINST THE US DOLLAR Marian Reijnen, Martinus Nijhoff International, 72630.574@CompuServe.COM This table provides a history of average exchange rates for the Dutch guil- der against the US dollar for the past several years. It does not reflect any publisher's exchange rate. The table reflects average monthly rates through August 1993. Also provided is an annual average of the rate of exchange. We trust you will find it helpful in your budget projections. 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Month Rate Rate US $ Rate US $ Rate US $ Rate US $ Jan 0.484 0.524 - 8.26% 0.587 -12.02% 0.563 + 4.09% 0.550 + 2.31% Feb 0.478 0.529 -10.66% 0.599 -13.23% 0.549 + 8.34% 0.541 + 1.46% March 0.475 0.523 -10.10% 0.552 - 5.54% 0.535 + 3.08% 0.540 - 0.93% April 0.474 0.529 -11.60% 0.521 + 1.51% 0.539 - 3.45% 0.559 - 3.71% May 0.455 0.535 -17.58% 0.517 + 3.36% 0.548 - 6.00% 0.554 - 1.09% June 0.448 0.523 -16.74% 0.497 + 5.23% 0.564 - 7.84% 0.539 + 4.43% July 0.468 0.541 -15.60% 0.496 + 9.07 0.595 -19.96% 0.518 +12.94% Aug 0.460 0.565 -22.83% 0.508 +11.22% 0.611 -20.28% 0.524 +14.24% Sept 0.454 0.565 -24.45% 0.523 + 8.03% 0.614 -17.40% Oct 0.475 0.582 -22.53% 0.525 +10.86% 0.634 -20.76% Nov 0.485 0.596 -22.89% 0.547 + 8.96% 0.560 - 2.38% Dec 0.508 0.593 -16.73% 0.566 + 4.77% 0.562 + 0.71% * * Avg. 0.472 0.550 -16.53% 0.537 + 2.36% 0.573 - 6.70% 0.541 + 5.58% * = average based on January - August 31, 1993 rates 96.2 PROFIT, TECHNOLOGY & SCHOLARSHIP: SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SEMINAR Marcia Tuttle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu. Society for Scholarly Publishing Seminar Series ---------- PROFIT, TECHNOLOGY & SCHOLARSHIP A One-Day Seminar Examining Their Relationships Sheraton Suites ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Monday, October 18, 1993 ---------- This seminar examines the effects of technology on publishing and scholar- ship in the 1990s, as well as the economics of electronic scholarly pub- lishing. We will consider the impact of technology _and_ profits on the relationships between publishers and scholars. This seminar will benefit: o Publishers with electronic publishing programs who want to learn more about the effects of technology on scholarship. o Publishers considering electronic publication who are concerned about the economics of electronic publishing and the market de- mand for electronic formats. o Scholars and librarians who are concerned about the effect of technology and profits on the scholarly mission. o Anyone interested in learning about the future of scholarship and scholarly communication in the electronic age. ---------- 8:00 - 9:00 Registration 9:00 - 10:15 SESSION I: IS PROFIT POSSIBLE? Eric Calaluca (Paratext) - Back to Basics: Publishing is Publishing Dick Wood (UMI) - Risk-taking and the Electronic Publishing Environment (UMI/IEEE Project) Speaker from Knight-Ridder - Bringing Electronic Publica- tions to the Consumer: Economic Considerations 10:45 - 12:00 SESSION II: SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIP OR THWARTING PUBLISHING? Jane Rosenberg (National Endowment for the Humanities) Role of the Grant Making Foundation in Electronic Pub- lishing Mike Neuman (Georgetown University Academic Computing Cen- ter) - Self-Publishing vs. Working with the Publisher: the Best of Both Worlds 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 2:15 SESSION III: TECHNOLOGY: DOES THE PUBLISHER _HAVE_ TO GET INVOLVED? Royalynn O'Connor (Oxford University Press) - Pushed or Pulled: Seventy Titles and Still Going; Does it Make Sense? Carolyn Dyer (READEX) - The Scholarly Market: Are Demands Driving the Publisher? William Mathews (Research Publications) - Placing the Format in its Proper Perspective 2:45 - 4:00 SESSION IV: SCHOLARSHIP: BYTING THE DUST? OR REACHING FULL POTENTIAL? David Seaman (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center) - Supplying the Scholar with Integrated Resources: the Seamless Information System Susan Hockey (Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities) - Beyond the Reference Tool: Large Full Text Databases and their Importance to Scholarship --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROFIT, TECHNOLOGY & SCHOLARSHIP REGISTRATION FORM Last Name: First Name: Title: Organization: Address: City: State: ZIP: Phone: FAX: E-Mail: Do you need disabled or other special services? 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Mail this form to: SSP Seminar Registration 10200 West 44th Avenue Suite #304 Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Phone: 303 422-3914 FAX: 303 422-8894 96.3 FROM THE MAILBOX The mailbox is: tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu. >From Kris Carr, Hood College, carr@nimue.hood.edu (from serialst): We are attempting to create a formula to allocate our periodicals budget. The basic criteria are enrollment credit hours and cost/availability of titles within a discipline. I am very interested in hearing from other libraries having done so. I am also interested in hearing from libraries who have tried implementing document delivery service to patrons in lieu of seldom used/costly jour- nals. We have introduced UNCOVER and other doc delivery options, however we have met with some resistance in our efforts to replace subscriptions with doc delivery service. Your comments are welcome. ----- From: Margaret Grove, Brock University, spartan.ac.brocku.ca@SPARTAN.AC.BROCKU.CA (from serialst): I read Kris Carr's message regarding the use of a formula for allocating funds for serials with considerable interest, because I was about to post the same question to the list myself. Two recent articles (one by Charles Lowry and another by L. Rein et al.) present convincing arguments in favour of allocating funds for serials as well as monographs. At my institution, we have studied the feasibility of applying such a formula, and have come up against what seem to be insurmountable difficulties. Specifically: 1) Reliable figures for the universe of serial publications are hard to obtain, particularly for interdisciplinary subjects. Too many arbitrary decisions are required. 2) Allocating funds for titles which are important for more than one de- partment is a problem. Is prorating the costs the answer? If so, this in- troduces a level of complexity which does not exist if one pays for serials from one account. 3) Political problems, etc., etc. I would be extremely interested in comments from anyone who has made the transition from a single account for serials to departmental accounts, or who has some insights into any of the problems which I mentioned. ----- >From Mark Funk, Cornell University Medical Library, Mark_Funk@qmcumc.mail.cornell.edu I thought the readers of the _Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues_ might enjoy the following: _Snap, crackle, and pay_ After living with serials price increases for many years, I felt the hair on my neck standing up while reading an article about the rising prices of _ cereals_. I am now convinced that Rod Serling is running the universe. The following excerpts are submitted for your approval (Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee): >From "Cereal Killing: the bucks behind the snap, crack, pop." By Deborah Baldwin (editor of Common Cause magazine). NY Weekly, July 1 - 7, 1993. In 1970 government research concluded that a mere four companies dominated 90 percent of the cereal market, up from 68 percent in 1940. Economists at the Federal Trade Commission also maintained that by dividing the market into smaller and smaller fragments and then flooding them with new brands, the cereal kingpins had crowded out smaller contenders. If cereal prices were high in 1970, they rose even higher in the 80's. . . The recession-and-health-food-weary 90's haven't exactly forced prices down. The only things rising faster than cereal prices, boasts one Wall Street analyst whose investment firm touts Kellogg stock, are prices for prescription drugs. Pointing out that the price of all food eaten at home has risen 37 percent in the past eight years while the price of RTE [ready-to-eat] cerals has increased 71 percent, [New York State Attorney General] Abrams says, "These soaring price increases, far out of line with other food products, are a clear result of an over-concentrated industry. . ." And last fall, when General Mills made overtures about buying Nabisco cere- als, [Abrams] was among those who charged that the acquisition would fur- ther concentrate an industry already as concentrated as frozen orange juice. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Statements of fact and opinion appearing in the _Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues_ are made on the responsibility of the authors alone, and do not imply the endorsement of the editor, the editorial board, or the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Readers of the NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES are encouraged to share the information in the newsletter by electronic or paper methods. 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