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

[kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de]

Firm pricing is available for academic institutions, cf.
http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/ordering/ac-pricing.html

(Please note that the various figures for discounts given for multi-title
purchases to the Nature monthlies and reviews in the table and the example
are inconsistent (30%, 25%, 20%?) and that the calculation given in the
example must be completely wrong. Apparently, Nature always has
difficulties in getting the Math right. I have asked Nature in writing to
clarify and correct this.)

The pricing of the Nature Site Licenses is now similar to site licenses to
Science Online, although about 20% more expensive. For large sites, a site
license is now less expensive than under the previous scheme of 2000. For
small sites (FTE < 3000), however, the price for print+online now is a
factor 2...3 higher ($1400...2600). Under the old scheme, such libraries
paid between $1,200 (=A3850) and $1,500 (=A3930) for the site license, whic=
h
included one print subscription to Nature ($775/=A3370); now they pay $1,80=
0
(=A31,200) or $3,000 (=A32,000) in addition to the $775 (=A3370) for the pr=
int
subscription (no longer included in the license fee). Institutions which
want to provide access to all Nature titles in Print+Online will typically
have to pay about 60% more than under the previous pricing scheme valid in
2000 (under the proviso that they would have licensed the monthlies and
reviews for a single site only; otherwise they will pay probably less
now).

One question remains: will the site licenses to be published on May 1
provide perpetual electronic access to licensed content, beyond the
duration of the license? This had been a central requirement put forward
in various protest letters from the library community.

Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library

"Nature - what other libraries say" (Updated 24.04.2001)
http://www.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/ejournals/Nature_andere_Univ.html

"Institutional Site License Pricing for the Nature titles (and Science)"
http://www.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/ejournals/nature_pricing.html

___

Paula Watson wrote:
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> At 01:27 PM 4/23/01 -0400, you wrote:
>=20
> >---------- 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 th=
e
> >Nature titles. All journal content will now be available to institutiona=
l
> >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 continu=
ed
> >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 electron=
ic
> >access to articles and other content published in Nature, the Nature Sis=
ter
> >Journals and the Nature Reviews series:
> >
> >=B7 Nature Biotechnology
> >=B7 Nature Cell Biology
> >=B7 Nature Genetics
> >=B7 Nature Immunology
> >=B7 Nature Medicine
> >=B7 Nature Neuroscience
> >=B7 Nature Structural Biology
> >=B7 Nature Reviews Genetics
> >=B7 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
> >=B7 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 a=
s
> >well as full searching functionality and the ability to view and downloa=
d
> >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 ha=
s
> >revitalized and reinvented a whole new area of science publishing, addin=
g
> >yet another innovative dimension to the Nature Publishing Group. The
> >Nature Publishing Group also publishes the Specialist Journals, formerly
> >published under the Stockton Press imprint.
> >The Nature Publishing Group's vision is to continue to produce scientifi=
c
> >journals of exceptionally high quality, achieving this end by working
> >with the scientific community and by applying rigorous standards of
> >peer-review, editorial independence, and swift publication.
> >
> >For additional information visit http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences=
/
> >or contact:
> >
> >US:
> >
> >Donna Namorato
> >Nature Publishing Group
> >345 Park Avenue South
> >New York, NY 10010
> >Phone:  (888) 331-6288
> >Fax:    (212) 689-9711
> >d.namorato@natureny.com