Please allow me to add some context here.  As many of you know, ACS works through a number of consortia both domestically and internationally to provide access to ACS journals to consortium members.  When a consortium purchases this access through a single invoice, ACS does not control how costs are distributed.  While ACS does provide metrics as requested to consortium managers so they can apply their own rules and methodologies for the distribution of costs, we do not dictate those allocations.

 

ACS has engaged extensively with the library community over the past several years on issues of pricing and managing change – through a series of Library Summits, through our Customer Advisory Panel and Academic Roundtable, and through expanded presence at library conferences.  I’ve met many of you personally to talk through these issues.  As was mentioned in an earlier response, usage of content is a factor in how ACS prices access, and significant changes in usage patterns will impact costs over time.  However ACS pricing limits any changes to single digits – including changes that result from increased patterns of use.  As a result of our engagement, ACS has also introduced 2 additional access packages over the past few years to help our University customers manage their needs for access with their budget and priorities, the ACS Core Plus Pack and the ACS Science Essentials Pack. 

 

I’d invite any members of this listserv to contact your ACS Account Manager or me directly should you have any questions or follow-up.  I respect this listserv as a forum for librarian discussions, and will limit my further comments, but I thought it important to add some context to this post.

 

Sincerely,

 

Steve Hansen
Assistant Director of Sales, the Americas

ACS Publications
T 614-447-3773
E s_hansen@acs.org  
www.acs.org
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ACS Chemistry for Life
American Chemical Society

 

 

From: Verminski, Alana <amverminski@smcm.edu>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:09 PM
Subject: [SERIALST] Sudden jump in renewal pricing?
To: SERIALST@listserv.nasig.org

Hello everyone,

 

Last week, we were notified of a significant increase (almost 40%) in our renewal cost for our American Chemical Society Journals. We were told that our 2013 usage was higher than previous years, which bumped us into a higher price tier. Needless to say, we were very unpleasantly surprised.

 

Have other libraries experienced a similar and recent jump in ACS journals pricing? What are you doing about it?

 

Thank you,

Alana

 

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Alana Verminski

Reference and Instruction Librarian

St. Mary's College of Maryland

Library Office 125

240-895-4268

amverminski@smcm.edu

 

 

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