Abstract
The academic libraries of higher education institutions (HEIs) pay significant amounts of money each year for access to academic journals. The amounts paid are often not transparent especially when it comes to knowing how much is paid to specific publishers. Therefore data on journal subscription expenditure were obtained for UK HEIs using a series of Freedom of Information requests. Data were obtained for 153 HEIs’ expenditure with ten publishers over a five-year period. The majority of institutions have provided figures but some are still outstanding. The data will be of interest to those who wish to understand the economics of scholarly communication and see the scale of payments flowing within the system. Further research could replicate the data collection in other jurisdictions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 274 |
| Journal | F1000Research |
| Volume | 3 |
| Early online date | 13 Nov 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 2015 |
Keywords
- Journals
- Subscription
- Higher education institution
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Copyright: © 2015 Lawson S and Meghreblian B. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Journal subscription costs - FOIs to UK universities
Lawson, S. (Creator), Meghreblian, B. (Creator) & Brook, M. (Creator), Figshare, 29 Jul 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1186832.v23
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