Market overview
infl ation. This reverses the trend of budget
declines in real terms up to 2006. Table 2: STM Information Companies – Selected Financials, 2006-2007
So how is this money being spent? (millions national currencies or €)
Unsurprisingly, many of the responses mirror
Company Sales 2007 Sales 2006 Profi ts 2007 Profi ts 2006
what the suppliers are seeing in their sales
fi gures. According to IRN’s preliminary
Elsevier Global STM £1,507 £1,521 £477* £465*
fi ndings, the majority of journals purchased by
Springer Science +
academic institutions are now e-journals. In
Business Media
€924 €838 €235
#
–
addition, where possible and where costs allow,
Informa STM £201 £179 £63* £51*
more institutions are turning to electronic
journal archives despite some concerns over
Thomson Scientifi c $651 $602 $175* $151*
long-term availability and accessibility. Thomson Healthcare $452 $374 $85* $81*
It also appears that e-books are fi nally
Wiley Global STM $235 $231 – –
beginning to gain acceptance. Our survey
suggests that it is academic users who are
Wolters Kluwer
demanding more titles in e-book formats.
Global Health
€761 €823 €112+ €120+
There are still concerns that too many
Notes: *operating profi t, +EBITA ( earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization),
e-book packages are USA-biased and focus #EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes, and amortization)
on heavy tomes rather than quick-access Source: IRN Research
reference texts and simple course guides.
Librarians and information specialists also
note that many bundles of books contain the open-access publishing model and most Users, who are very familiar with easy
only a small selection of books that are now understand the need to include an searching via Google and Google Scholar,
actually used regularly. element in research funding applications are demanding similar easy and fl exible
Most academic researchers have embraced for open-access publishing costs. searching options from the major providers.
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