[Open-access] Global - national scientific information budget

Tue Mar 12 11:48:53 UTC 2013

Thanks. These seems very difficult to find indeed. I guess a priority in terms of open information could be the exchange of precise contractual data in the domain of scientific information...
Laurent

Le 11 mars 2013 à 14:45, Bjoern Brembs a écrit :

> On Monday, March 11, 2013, 11:38:39 AM, you wrote:
> 
>> Is there a reference document which describes and breaks
>> down (e.g. subscriptions) the scientific information
>> budgets worldwide and country per country?
> 
> I've been looking for this for years. In short, this is difficult to come by. The estimates that are available vary by a factor of 4 (5 billion up to 20 billion)  and don't mention any sources and some sources that claim to know the data, are behind paywalls (up to $2K in some cases).
> 
> There are stats for German libraries freely available, links with evaluations in here:
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> http://bjoern.brembs.net/comment-n900.html
> 
> That's the best I could do, as an amateur in such things.
> 
> I'd be very, very interested in any solid figures you might find.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Bjoern
> 
> 
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Laurent Romary
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