Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ575817
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Private Liberal Arts Colleges and the Costs of Scientific Journals: A Perennial Dilemma.
Burnam, Paul D.
College & Research Libraries, v59 n5 p406-20 Sep 1998
Describes a study that surveyed how liberal arts college libraries are coping with the challenge of increasing periodical prices in the sciences. Highlights include reconciling budget shortfalls; cancellation procedures; accreditation criteria; access versus ownership; interlibrary loan and document delivery services; cooperative purchasing; and electronic journals. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accreditation (Institutions), Budgeting, College Libraries, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Liberal Arts, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Material Selection, Library Surveys, Ownership, Private Colleges, Retrenchment, Scholarly Journals, Scientific and Technical Information, Shared Library Resources
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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