Library Journal reports (briefly) on the 10/1 Forum on Publishing Alternatives in Science at Johns Hopkins:
\”We gave our intellectual property away to private firms and scholarly societies,\” said David E. Shulenburger, provost of the University of Kansas . . . \”They have found they can sell it back to us at prices that will produce profits and/or support the cost of other activities.\” Shulenburger had the figures to back up the assertions. From 1986 to 1999, the number of journals grew from 103,700 to 161,000 (55 percent). While the Consumer Price Index increased 49 percent in that period and the price of healthcare went up 111 percent, the cost of scholarly journals increased 175 percent.
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