147.2 PRICE DECREASE FOR _PHYCOLOGIA_, David Garbary
147.1 SWETS REPORT ON SERIALS PRICE INCREASES 1996
Adapted by the editor from document on Swets Subscription Services World Wide Web site (http://www.swets.nl).
Our Serials Price Increases Report is a new service aimed at providing a more comprehensive survey of annual serials price increases and therefore an improved budgeting tool for libraries.
Two factors contribute to any increase or decrease in serials prices:
* the actual price increases introduced by publishers, and
* the effect of exchange rates, ie the strength or weakness of the currency of a library subscriber compared with that of the publisher.
Changes in exchange rates can have either a positive or a negative impact on the price, depending on your location as a subscriber.
Our survey concentrates on reporting the percentage increases introduced by publishers and is supported at the end of the report by information on the changes in the exchange rates of the major currencies.
It shows percent increases for 1996 over 1995 in the following 10 major 'country' areas (ie, countries of publication): USA, UK, Far East, Australasia, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands; and in 5 general subject groupings: Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and the Humanities. Against each category, the total number of titles reviewed is indicated. Titles are included if the 1996 and 1995 prices can be directly compared. When the final report is published in February 1996, we anticipate that some 26,000 titles will be included in the survey. Reports earlier in the year will be based on smaller numbers of titles depending on receipt at Swets of prices from publishers.
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SERIALS PRICE INCREASES 1996
Publisher Subject Number of In-/Decrease %
region titles Domestic Foreign
USA Social Sciences 2,178 6.78 6.42
Science 1,741 10.79 10.60
Medicine 1,588 13.80 12.91
Technology 2,151 8.61 8.46
Humanities 1,062 4.63 4.97
UK Social Sciences 1,537 7.46 7.33
Science 789 12.08 11.96
Medicine 853 9.59 9.97
Technology 1,506 9.60 9.85
Humanities 516 8.45 8.59
Far East Social Sciences 71 0.20 -3.10
Science 54 6.42 7.85
Medicine 52 12.79 12.10
Technology 73 6.13 4.59
Humanities 22 -0.72 6.13
Australasia Social Sciences 98 2.24 4.97
Science 38 12.39 11.75
Medicine 32 5.45 3.95
Technology 72 14.02 5.28
Humanities 43 -2.85 2.53
Scandinavia Social Sciences 51 3.99 8.10
Science 49 6.50 6.61
Medicine 77 11.34 13.26
Technology 45 3.82 4.61
Humanities 48 5.23 10.02
France Social Sciences 481 -0.26 0.15
Science 172 8.95 8.50
Medicine 183 4.62 5.61
Technology 337 1.78 2.78
Humanities 248 1.65 1.78
Germany Social Sciences 269 4.72 4.65
Science 248 7.77 8.18
Medicine 253 11.33 11.27
Technology 295 9.68 6.00
Humanities 177 2.67 3.55
Italy Social Sciences 75 0.94 4.60
Science 30 5.45 5.35
Medicine 79 -2.25 2.23
Technology 122 6.23 9.10
Humanities 71 4.07 4.52
Switzerland Social Sciences 47 16.76 16.85
Science 86 8.26 8.36
Medicine 78 6.56 6.51
Technology 90 6.71 6.71
Humanities 31 1.88 0.91
Netherlands Social Sciences 224 10.00 9.93
Science 349 11.09 11.08
Medicine 176 10.98 10.99
Technology 220 11.07 11.20
Humanities 109 7.44 7.46
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SERIALS PRICE INCREASES 1996
Publisher Subject Number of In-/Decrease %
region titles Domestic
Foreign
Totals 19,196 9.59 9.44
USA Totals 8,720 10.06 9.75
UK Totals 5,201 9.84 9.89
Far East Totals 272 6.52 5.53
Australasia Totals 283 8.45 6.01
Scandinavia Totals 270 7.72 9.28
France Totals 1,421 2.64 3.15
Germany Totals 1,242 8.48 8.11
Italy Totals 377 2.78 5.49
Switzerland Totals 332 7.78 7.81
Netherlands Totals 1,078 10.93 10.94
Totals Social Sciences 5,031 6.39 6.21
Totals Science 3,556 10.70 10.60
Totals Medicine 3,371 11.49 11.27
Totals Technology 4,911 8.80 8.67
Totals Humanities 2,327 5.35 5.69
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Exchange rates:
The increases given in this report are based on publishers' prices only and do not take account of the effect of exchange rate changes.
To gain a complete indication of price increases, the effect of exchange rates should also be added to the percentages. The following, as examples, show the increase or decrease of six major currencies since Autumn 1994, when the bulk of subscriptions were renewed and paid.
The percentages in the appropriate columns below should be added to the publishers' increases.
Currency of PUBLISHER CURRENCY / AREA
customer
USD GBP NLG DEM CHF FRF
USD - US Dollars -1.45 7.02 6.99 10.62 6.15
GBP - Pound Sterling 1.47 8.59 8.56 12.25 7.71
NLG - Dutch Guilders-6.56 -7.91 -0.03 3.36 -0.82
DEM - German Mark -6.53 -7.88 0.03 3.40 -0.78
CHF - Swiss Francs -9.60 -10.91 -3.25 -3.29 -4.05
FRF - French Francs -5.79 -7.15 0.82 0.79 4.22
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Average prices:The average price of serials for the main publishing areas is given below. This is the local domestic price only. As a number of publishers use foreign currencies, rather than the local currency for their foreign subscription rates, we are unable to give average prices for these.
USA 341.77 USD - US Dollar UK 210.99 GBP - Pound Sterling The Netherlands 1,551.37 NLG - Dutch Guilders Germany 468.45 DEM - German Marks Switzerland 836.64 CHF - Swiss Francs France 879.64 FRF - French Francs
147.2 PRICE DECREASE FOR _PHYCOLOGIA_
David Garbary, St. Francis Xavier University and International Phycological Society, dgarbary@juliet.stfx.ca.
The International Phycological Society is pleased to announce that beginning with the 1996 volume year, it will take over the publication of its journal _Phycologia_ (ISSN 0031-8884) currently published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. As a result of savings being realized through self-publication, the subscription price for _Phycologia_ for 1996 will be reduced to $350.00 from the current $414.00. The new subscription address starting with the 1996 volume is:
Phycologia
P.O. Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
U.S.A.
Tel: 913-843-1221 / fax: 913-843-1274
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