Re: Nature announces a new site licensing policy (fwd)

[Paula Watson <pdwatson@uiuc.edu>]

Nature also appears to be contacting potential subscribers with pricing
proposals at least some of which expire this coming Friday, after which
the price will go up.  Different institutions seem to be getting somewhat
different offers. I contacted them this morning to ask for firm pricing
but have not yet had a response.

At 01:27 PM 4/23/01 -0400, you wrote:


>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:00:00 -0400
>From: Nature Publishing Group <institutions@nature.com>
>To: Nature Publishing Group <institutions@nature.com>
>Subject: Nature announces a new site licensing policy
>
>
>Breaking news on Nature site licences
>
>As someone who has contacted us recently about our site licence policy I
>am sure that you will be interested in the press release attached below.
>
>We thank you for your input and value your feedback. You may also be
>interested in visiting our information pages on our website at
>www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/ where you will find details of the new
>policies and contact information for your region.
>
>
>
>
>For Immediate Release
>23 April 2001
>
>
>
>NATURE ANNOUNCES A NEW GLOBAL
>INSTITUTIONAL SITE LICENSING POLICY
>
>
>Nature Publishing Group is pleased to announce that as of May 1st, 2001,
>a new online institutional site licence policy will be introduced for the
>Nature titles. All journal content will now be available to institutional
>subscribers, immediately on publication. There will also be a new
>streamlined institutional pricing policy for all Nature Publishing Group
>journal titles.
>
>These new global site licensing and pricing policies reflect our continued
>commitment to bringing only the best in scientific information, analysis
>and commentary to all scientific institutions and their patrons.
>
>Nature Publishing Group currently offers the ability to license electronic
>access to articles and other content published in Nature, the Nature Sister
>Journals and the Nature Reviews series:
>
>� Nature Biotechnology
>� Nature Cell Biology
>� Nature Genetics
>� Nature Immunology
>� Nature Medicine
>� Nature Neuroscience
>� Nature Structural Biology
>� Nature Reviews Genetics
>� Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
>� Nature Reviews Neuroscience
>
>As of May 1st, licensed institutions shall have immediate access to the
>following materials from these publications on the date of publication as
>well as full searching functionality and the ability to view and download
>articles from the archives.
>This content will include: News & Views, News, Reviews, Features, Book
>Reviews, Articles and Letters as well as all other content from the
>electronic journals and archives of this material.  It will also include
>material available to registered users on the Nature Website.
>
>For over 130 years, Nature has consistently informed, stimulated and
>challenged its readers in the scientific community. Over the past decade,
>the total number of Nature journals has expanded to 11 titles with
>additional journals planned for the future. The Nature Reviews series has
>revitalized and reinvented a whole new area of science publishing, adding
>yet another innovative dimension to the Nature Publishing Group. The
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>
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