1. Economists Journals and Libraries A Librarian´s view 2003-08-19 Eva Thomson-Roos

2. 2015-06-04 2 A scene with 4 or 3 actors  Researchers = Producers  Publishers = Salesmen  Librarians = Mediators  Researchers = Consumers

3. 2015-06-04 3 Publishers  The clever People  Profiteers  Competitors Aggregators  Proquest  Business Source Premier

4. 2015-06-04 4 Researchers = Producers and Consumers  Janus supposedly (!) related to Hermes  Produce Free of charge !  Consume Free of charge!  No such thing as a free lunch

5. 2015-06-04 5 Librarians  Well-meaning Middlemen  Highly user-oriented  Scapegoats

6. 2015-06-04 6 What is a Library?  A Heart?  A Brain?  A Meeting Place?

7. 2015-06-04 7 What do librarians do?  Select  Acquire  Catalogue  Display  Supply  Instruct

8. 2015-06-04 8 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

9. 2015-06-04 9 Consortia  BIBSAM Sweden  Archives  Walk in use  Off campus access  Lending rights  Failure as to costs  Failure (?) Big Deal

10. 2015-06-04 10 Selection  Referents  Impact factor  Use  Big deal

11. 2015-06-04 11 What can a poor librarian do?  Pay and be damned  Negotiate and gain better conditions  Cancel and be damned

12. 2015-06-04 12 ELSEVIER  1 800 titles Science Direct National consortial price SEK 531.000.  66 titles Economics, Econometrics and Finance subject collection SEK 350.263  21 most accessed titles: SEK 256.000

13. 2015-06-04 13 Threats  Costs  Hybrid  Embargon  Big Deal  Google(!)

14. 2015-06-04 14 Who owns the Problem?  Not the Libraries  YOU

15. 2015-06-04 15 Who shall take Action?  YOU?  Open Access?  SPARC?