Re: Interview with Springer's Derk Haank

[Sandy Thatcher <sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu>]

Maybe for the big publishers and maybe for some libraries, but 
certainly not for all the smaller journal publishers whose 
journals get dropped because the Big Deals cost so much, not to 
mention the publishers of monographs whose sales have flatlined 
for years because of STM journal subscription costs. And how does 
that make this the best invention for scholarship overall?

Sandy Thatcher


At 8:25 PM -0500 1/19/11, Syun Tutiya wrote:
>Dear Sandy and Warren,
>
>Warren says:
>
>>  I tend not to respond to set ups like this for fear that I will
>>  get inundated with responses that I do not have the time or
>>  inclination to deal with. So with that caveat, I will tell you
>>  that I am a librarian who has been involved with the licensing
>>  of e-resources for over 14 years and I agree with Derk Haank.
>
>I am not a genuine librarian, but have been involved in e-journal
>etc licensing negotiations since 1999, in the other side of your
>world in the geographical and perhaps in the historical sense.
>I agree with Warren, who agrees with Derk Haank.  The Big Deal is
>the best invention as we can imagine.
>
>Best,
>
>Syun
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>Syun Tutiya
>Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University
>Address: Faculty of Letters, Chiba University
>Email: tutiya @ kenon.l.chiba-u.ac.jp