[Genealib] Huge hike in Ebsco genealogical periodical handlingfees

[Cindy Hayes]

>From our Ebsco Rep:

 

"We call it a Net Charge and we have had it for several years.   Publishers
use to give agencies discounts on titles, but gradually they started
reducing or eliminating the discounts.  We were one of the last agencies to
add the Net charge after this happened.

 

We did announce this quite widely at the time, because I remember having to
explain it over and over again on the phone to customers.

 

Most of the popular titles that libraries order do give us discounts, so
this fee is not added to those titles.  You can tell which titles have the
fee by seeing an "N" under the title on your Invoice and Renewal List.

 

Any time I am asked for a price, I tell the customer if there is a Net
charge on it."

 

 

 

You can apparently request a NET TITLE REPORT to see what titles you are
being charged this fee for.

Cindy

 

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Cindy Hayes

Branch Manager

Jefferson County Library, Northwest

5680 State Road PP

High Ridge, MO  63049

636.677.8186

636.677.8243 Fax

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Grundset, Eric
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:11 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Huge hike in Ebsco genealogical periodical
handlingfees

 

My rep replied to another email this morning after I sent mine message to
the list saying that she's been told that this is across the board across
the country.

 

Eric

 

Eric G. Grundset 
Library Director 
DAR Library 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 
1776 D St., N.W. 
Washington, DC 20006-5303 
202-879-3313 (phone) 
202-879-3227 (fax) 
egrundset at dar.org 

 

 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Lynette Jones
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:09 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Huge hike in Ebsco genealogical periodical
handlingfees

We have not received any notice of an increase.  My acquisitions staff is
investigating.

 

Lynette V. Jones

Information Services Supervisor

Carrollton Public Library @ Josey Ranch Lake

Carrollton, TX  75006

972-466-4814

fax 972-466-4265

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Grundset, Eric
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 7:44 AM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Huge hike in Ebsco genealogical periodical handling fees

 

Everyone, 

Have any of you whose libraries use Ebsco for periodical subscriptions been
notified that they will be adding a $12.00 per subscription fee to all
titles on which they do not make a profit? We were told about this a couple
of months ago, and our rep talked with the regional director who insists
that the fees will be applied. Naturally, we're not going to add $5,000 to
our periodicals budget and are going to have to do direct renewals with
4/5ths of our subscriptions by check and credit card. 

Clearly, Ebsco doesn't want to handle these titles any longer for obvious
financial reasons. If you use Ebsco and don't know about these fees because
you don't deal directly with periodical renewals, you will likely take a hit
on your periodicals budget if you have a substantial number of titles
involved. I was very surprised to see many major historical and genealogical
journals in the list of titles affected not to mention to smaller state and
local newsletter, magazines, etc.

Eric G. Grundset 
Library Director 
DAR Library 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 
1776 D St., N.W. 
Washington, DC 20006-5303 
202-879-3313 (phone) 
202-879-3227 (fax) 
egrundset at dar.org 

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