Hello Barbara and list members,

For almost a decade, we had PPV for ScienceDirect. It worked well until it was no longer cost effective versus a subscription. The spike in usage was largely driven here by psychology & neuroscience, but overall it’s by far the most heavily used journal package here.

Other services we use:

Get It Now

IEEE Articles on Demand

Optical Society of America Article Bundle (2019)

Wiley ArticleSelect

In order to reduce costs further, we’re in the early stages of joining RAPIDILL. We expect to scale back on PPV once that’s in place.

I’m happy to answer questions you may have, on or off list. Hope this helps.

Best,

Jennifer

Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.

Science and Electronic Resources Librarian

Trinity College Library

300 Summit St.

Hartford, CT USA 06106

860-297-2250

Jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum <SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG> On Behalf Of Barbara Pope
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:12 PM
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Subject: [SERIALST] Pay Per Article Services

Hello, everyone.

Is anyone out there using pay per article services for access to journals with unsustainable subscription prices? If you are using one, can you please tell me which one(s)? What do you like and not like about it (or them)? Have you had any difficulties with accreditation or related problems by not having an actual subscription?

I am currently looking at Get it Now from the Copyright Clearance Center. The only thing that is unclear so far is checking in advance the price for an article in a certain journal so that we can know in advance if this is an affordable option for us.

We have also heard of Reprints Desk, but we don't really know much about it.

We are looking for any wisdom and reviews of any of these kind of services. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg KS 66762
620-235-4884
bpope@pittstate.edu

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