Re: Blackwell Policy

[David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>]

Alas, most of them do. They presumably figure that the number of places
that want it so desperately they'll subscribe and pay double will largely
outweigh the number who will wait till nest year. If this is correct, many
of us have been somewhat irresponsible in the past, because it seems to me
that if the users have survived without it till now, they can survive
without it for one more term.

I think the only responsible response to them is: "sorry, I guess you'll
just have to lose our business till next year."

--
David Goodman
Biology Librarian
and Co-chair, Electronic Journals Task force
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
phone: 609-258-3235
fax: 609-258-2627
e-mail: dgoodman@princeton.edu

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Selden Durgom Lamoureux wrote:
> 
> Last fall we initiated a conversation with Blackwell Science (which later
> included Blackwell Publishing) for their electronic journal package.
> Their pricing and content are attractive.  But they just sent us the
> license this month, and with it the news that their policy requires a
> January - December subscription year and prohibits them from prorating.
> 
> I have a strong initial reaction to this, but insufficient experience to
> judge wisely.  Do other publishers have and exercise such policies for
> their electronic packages, or is Blackwell outside the norm?
> 
> -Selden
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