Economists Journals and Libraries A Librarian´s view Eva Thomson-Roos

A scene with 4 or 3 actors  Researchers = Producers  Publishers = Salesmen  Librarians = Mediators  Researchers = Consumers

Publishers  The clever People  Profiteers  Competitors Aggregators  Proquest  Business Source Premier

Researchers = Producers and Consumers  Janus supposedly (!) related to Hermes  Produce Free of charge !  Consume Free of charge!  No such thing as a free lunch

Librarians  Well-meaning Middlemen  Highly user-oriented  Scapegoats

What is a Library?  A Heart?  A Brain?  A Meeting Place?

What do librarians do?  Select  Acquire  Catalogue  Display  Supply  Instruct

E-journals - Reactions  Reluctant Researchers  Threats to research behavior  Threats to professional status  Reluctant Publishers  Losing profit  Losing professional status  Enthusiastic Librarians  Information quickly available  Possibilities to enrich journals

Consortia  BIBSAM Sweden  Archives  Walk in use  Off campus access  Lending rights  Failure as to costs  Failure (?) Big Deal

Selection  Referents  Impact factor  Use  Big deal

What can a poor librarian do?  Pay and be damned  Negotiate and gain better conditions  Cancel and be damned

ELSEVIER  titles Science Direct National consortial price SEK  66 titles Economics, Econometrics and Finance subject collection SEK  21 most accessed titles: SEK

Threats  Costs  Hybrid  Embargon  Big Deal  Google(!)

Who owns the Problem?  Not the Libraries  YOU

Who shall take Action?  YOU?  Open Access?  SPARC?