Web Directory

» Issues in Scholarly Communication
   Detailed analysis on the journal crisis in academic publishing. "For many years, increases in the prices of library materials in all formats (including more recently electronic) have generally exceeded-sometimes significantly-increases in library acquisit
   http://www.library.cornell.edu/scholarlycomm/

» Journal Cost-Effectiveness Search
   Searchable database of internationally-published journals and their price per article or citation.
   http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Journal/

» SPARC
   The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition site provides information on alternative scholarly communication strategies, including affordable or open access journals and institutional repositories.
   http://www.arl.org/sparc/

» StickerShock
   Comparative illustrations of the rising costs of scientific journals. From Cornell University's Engineering and Computer Science Library.
   http://www.englib.cornell.edu/exhibits/stickershock/

» The Economics of Scholarly Journal Publication
   A survey on the market of scholarly journals with a case study and analyses from the field of ecology.
   http://octavia.zoology.washington.edu/publishing/

» Which is more expensive?
   Exhibit from the Vanderbilt University library.
   http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/jcosts/