Re: Nature

[kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de]

How does it come that all this strongly reminds me of street agents
trying to sell yellow press magazines at the door? Of course, senior
management will blatantly deny that they gave out misleading information
or gave order to apply subtle pressure and persuasion tactics. I am fed
up with this sort of desinformation politics. Is this worthy of Nature?

Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library

_______

John Webb wrote:
> 
> I received another call from Groves/Nature correcting pricing information
> I had shared with this list yesterday, which corrected pricing information
> I had received and shared with the list on Monday.  This is positively the
> last time I shall ever post pricing to a list.  I'm old enough to know
> better.
> 
> Contrary to what I was told yesterday, Nature has no intention to either
> raise the subscription substantially later on, nor is there any guarantee
> to early subscribers that inflation will be minimal.
> 
> They are seeking consortial subscribers, so libraries should be able to
> get a better deal.  The last sentence is my opinion and mine only, and may
> not represent the views of either Nature or Mother Nature (even though it
> is a nice spring day in the Inland Northwest).
> 
> Read my lips.  It does not pay to fool Mother Nature.
> 
> 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