Presentation given at Charleston Conference, November 5, 2003

1. Tiered Pricing Models: the Effect on Library Budgets John McDonald Acquisitions Librarian Charleston Conference November 5, 2003

3. Where are We Going? Ejournals Pricing (c. 1998) Free with print subscriptions Surcharge for online access Package deals Ejournal Pricing (c.2003) Over a dozen new models in place . . .

8. Results… Model 1: Free with Print, reasonable inflation rate (6%)

9. Results… Model 2: Free with Print, unreasonable inflation rate (12%)

10. Results… Model 3: Surcharge for Online (10% of print subs)

11. Results… Model 4: Surcharge for Online (25% of print holdings)

12. Results… Model 5: Online purchase separate (75-100% of print)

13. Results… Model 6: Package Deal for Holdings (15% of print subs)

14. Results… Model 7: Package Deal for All Publisher’s Portfolio (10%)

15. Results… Model 8: Carnegie Classification ($400 per IF point)

16. Results… Model 9: Institutional FTE ($2.50 per FTE)

17. Results… Model 10: Specific User Group FTE ($2.50 per FTE)

18. Results… Model 11: Usage Based Pricing ($0.20 per fulltext)

19. Results… Model 12: Citation Based ($20 per citation [CLS Avg])

20. Conclusions The Fate of Library Collection Budgets….