LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians

LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians

LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européenees de Recherche, the Association of European Research Libraries) endorses the opinion of UKB that the price increase of scholarly journals, notably those of some of the commercial publishers, has for years exceeded that which might be expected on the basis of...

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Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2000-05-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Online Access:http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7577/
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spelling doaj-b0f342db92224f57ba6d6128493718b42021-10-02T19:22:04Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2000-05-01101666910.18352/lq.75777532LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch LibrariansLIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européenees de Recherche, the Association of European Research Libraries) endorses the opinion of UKB that the price increase of scholarly journals, notably those of some of the commercial publishers, has for years exceeded that which might be expected on the basis of price increases in general, currency rates and the expansion of the market. LIBER agrees with the opinion of the UKB that - where there used to be a certain balance between the various parties in the information chain - this balance has been irresponsibly disturbed by the price policies of a number of publishers. This is detrimental to the services of libraries to their users, and hence to the development of science.http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7577/
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title LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians
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Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
title_short LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians
title_full LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians
title_fullStr LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians
title_full_unstemmed LIBER Endorses Action by Dutch Librarians
title_sort liber endorses action by dutch librarians
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series Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
issn 2213-056X
publishDate 2000-05-01
description LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européenees de Recherche, the Association of European Research Libraries) endorses the opinion of UKB that the price increase of scholarly journals, notably those of some of the commercial publishers, has for years exceeded that which might be expected on the basis of price increases in general, currency rates and the expansion of the market. LIBER agrees with the opinion of the UKB that - where there used to be a certain balance between the various parties in the information chain - this balance has been irresponsibly disturbed by the price policies of a number of publishers. This is detrimental to the services of libraries to their users, and hence to the development of science.
url http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7577/
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