Abstract
The ability of libraries to mitigate the effects of high journal prices is constrained by publishers' ability to use price discrimination. Based upon this theoretical framework, a mail survey of 213 academic libraries was conducted. It is found that success rates for the most commonly tried strategies are proportionately lower than success rates for less commonly used strategies. It is also found that the price of a particular journal does not seem to drive the selection/deselection decisions in many libraries. These findings are consistent with a price discrimination view of journal pricing. Finally, alternative strategies are suggested that libraries might employ to deaf with the joint problems of publishers' price discrimination and high journal prices
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