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1,00,000.00
13,326.95 13,318.70
10,000.00

Rs. in Crores 1,000.00

100.00

10.00 8.26

1.00
List Price N-LIST Price Savings

Fig. 35: Cost Avoidance 2016

7.2.7.4. Annual Increase in Rates of Subscription

Annual increase in rates of subscription is restricted from 0 to 5% as against the usual increase in price of
e-resources from 10 to 15%.

7.2.8. Average Cost of E-resources Subscribed under the N-LIST Programme

7.2.8.1. Average Cost of Journals per College

The N-LIST programme subscribes to a total number of 6,318 journals for its member colleges. The cost
of subscription to e-resources comes down with increase in number of colleges. As such, average cost of
a single journal per college computes to Rs. 2.43 in the year 2016 when only 4,234 colleges were enrolled
for the scheme as shown in Table 22.

E-resources No. of No. Res Price per College per
colleges Title in Rs.
AIP 2000 18 288.61

Annual Reviews 3800 33 36.31
CUP 3800 224 7.11
EPW 3800 1 850.00
Indian Journals 3800 186 9.58
IOP 2000 46 40.65
JSTOR 3800 2500 0.36

OUP 3800 206 6.97
RSC 2000 29 98.03
H.W. Wilson 3800 3075 0.77
Total 3800 6318 2.43

Table 22: Average Cost of Journals per College

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