Acquiring Articles through Unmediated, User-Initiated Pay-Per-View Transactions: An Assessment of Current Practices
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Patrick L. Carr (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: Depressed economic times often lead libraries to consider new practices, including alternatives to the traditional subscription model. This column discusses a pay-per-view (PPV) model for acquiring journal articles whereby a library creates an account with a content provider through which authenticated users can purchase articles at the library’s expense. To gain insight into the current use of this model, the paper draws on both a literature review and the results of a survey assessing the practices of academic libraries with experience acquiring articles through unmediated, user-initiated pay-per-view transactions. The future of the PPV model as well as issues and challenges that it raises are also considered.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- ;Serials Review\; 35:4 p. 272-277
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Subjects
- Pay-per-view acquisition;Library acquisitions;Electronic journals
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| Acquiring Articles through Unmediated, User-Initiated Pay-Per-View Transactions: An Assessment of Current Practices | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1993 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |