Re: Clinical Evidence-Institutional site license

[John Webb <jwebb@wsu.edu>]

Come on.  How can you possibly maintain that the e-copy is worth over 100X
the price of the print?  That comes close to pricing per electron!

John Webb
Assistant Director for Collections and Systems
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
jwebb@wsu.edu
509-335-9133    FAX 509-335-6721

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At 03:01 PM 3/12/01 EST, you wrote:
>I believe this instance of a seemingly high "journal" price is an prime
>example of the generalizations which confuse those reading this list.  I
>learned about Clinical Evidence a few years ago from one of the main
>editors... each topic presented in this publication represents a digested
>compendium of research articles which address a specific clinical question
>posed by the editors.  As such, it is not a standard journal with
>unrelated primary research articles, but is an invaluable digest of basic
>research that can provide specific answers to clinicians and health care
>practices.  As such, its applied value to health care delivery is very
>high, much higher in my opinion than most other clinical journals.
>
>Librarians should exercise care when positioning the value of publications
>in simplistic terms of cost per page or cost per workstation.  The high
>apparent cost may be trivial in terms of health care savings.
>
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