The Librarians' Dilemma. Contemplating the Costs of the "Big Deal"

"Remember when Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole? Her world turned upside down: she shrank in size and then grew enormously; she received advice from a caterpillar; she collided with a mad hatter and took part in a mad tea party. Finally, just before she awoke, she found herself on trial, with everything at stake, and at last spoke her mind.

I feel a little bit like Alice these days. But instead of falling down the rabbit hole, we librarians have stumbled upon the Big Deal, and it's our responsibility to speak up before our world -- characterized by service to scholars, researchers, and other library users -- turns upside down."

Quali sono vantaggi e rischi delle offerte a "pacchetto completo" degli editori di e-journal?
Come cambiano i rapporti di forza tra le biblioteche e gli editori?

Che cos'è il "Big Deal" e come sottrarsi alle tentazioni di questo "gioco pericoloso" con gli editori di periodici elettronici nell'articolo di Kenneth Frazier pubblicato su "D-Lib Magazine". 7 (2001), n. 3, March, http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march01/frazier/03frazier.html.