Libertas Academica posts pricing in 3 currencies; this results in 3 different average price increases, 18% for USD, 56% for Japanese Yen and 21% in Euros. These price increases are on already substantial prices. For example, journals with APCs of $1,699 USD in 2014 are now $1,848 (9% increase). Journals that were $950 USD in 2014 are now $1,699 USD (79% increase). These price increases are far above inflation and match or exceed the high serial price increases of the previous century.
For details and a link to the dataset: http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2015/05/15/libertas-academica-average-18-to-56-price-increase-2015-over-2014/ 5 of the 81 titles published by Libertas Academica are not found today. It is not clear how readers are expected to discover content published in these journals. best, -- Dr. Heather Morrison Assistant Professor École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa Desmarais 111-02 613-562-5800 ext. 7634 Sustaining the Knowledge Commons: Open Access Scholarship http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/ http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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