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Alexander Johannesen wrote: > How is this different from what's already in place in terms of > electronic resources? This is not uniquely Google, nor has it even > been proven to happen. > > Uh, can you say "Elsevier"? Elsevier raised journal prices by more than 10% a year for many years, journals that academic institutions felt that had to have because they were the leading journals in the field. Library budgets became severely strained, and purchasing power dropped dramatically. This has led to something of a rebellion, but not before the damage was done. http://senate.ucsc.edu/col/res.1405.pdf http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/cdc/valuebasedprices.pdf No, it's not uniquely Google, but adding another price pressure point to libraries is still seen as detrimental. kc -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------