(2022年6月8日)当然,数字内容的成本问题在图书馆的新闻中已经出现了10年,甚至更长时间。十年前,由于一些较大的出版商不开放他们的目录,畅销书可能通常无法以数字形式提供给图书馆。然而,可以获得的书籍通常可以以接近纸质零售成本或有时更低的价格获得永久授权。图书馆员对被拒于图书市场之外感到很不高兴——这是有道理的。然而,在某种程度上,那些确实是过去的好时光。想象一下,今天花13到18美元从一家大型出版商那里购买一本永久授权电子书!不,2013年左右,房价普遍上涨。然后情况变得更糟。随着2018年从永久型转向计量型,我们不仅价格更高,而且使用周期更短。图书管理员要求进行谈判,却被拒绝了。 We’ve tried, and are trying, state legislation to enact change, so far without success, though that effort is far from over and will continue. Content cost is the driving factor in what might be termed open rebellion. We can live with metered, even though perpetual access and even ownership has advantages that we must continue to advocate for. Price is all, especially the price compared to the Return on Investment (“Bang for Book”) we get from print. A high price for something we can offer long-term often provides a better ROI than a lesser cost short-term license. But what exactly are the typical costs we pay from larger publishers when compared to print? It’s time to take in-depth look. Librarians need to know how publishers compare with each other, although of course we will often be forced to license from some at usurious rates due to public demand for their titles. We also need detailed and accurate information to present to legislators when we work with them to get better terms, having little other choice than government action due to publisher intransigence. And thus ReadersFirst unveils the出版商的价格看.
由卡米·帕克和Whatcom县图书馆系统的团队根据读者优先工作组和其他机构的反馈创建的出版商价格表(PPW)显示了我们从大型出版商那里获得数字授权的平均费用,与基于多个例子的印刷版相比。这只是第一次迭代。随着时间的推移,我们将增加更多的发行商,并更新现有发行商的数据。注意空间更多。如果你是一名图书管理员或为非营利组织工作的员工,并想参与其中,页面上有地方让你表达你的兴趣。
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