Chapter 1: Tracking the Damage: Overview
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.50n4Abstract
Big Deals and other serials bundles did slow the rate of increase of serials spending—but that rate continues to be much higher than inflation. It also appears to be unsustainable for many libraries. Chapter 1 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 50, no. 4) shows overall trends since 1996 and for comparable libraries since 2002.
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