Periodical subscription management services for university libraries: an evaluation

Numerous and diverse documentation organisations falling under the administrative supervision of Paris I University collaborate to form documentation markets for periodical subscriptions, and group their orders by going through specialised agencies. This mode of organisation presents undeniable advantages but also drawbacks and problems, for which publishers, librarians and subscription agencies are endeavouring to find solutions, notably through inter-professional consultation and by looking for new economic models.
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