RE: Blackwell Policy

["Peter V. Picerno" <ppicerno@utmem.edu>]

Without elaborating on the issue you raise, I would refer you to a recent
article by Kenneth Frazier in D-Lib Magazine
(http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march01/frazier/03frazier.html) which might be
useful to you.

P Picerno

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of Selden Durgom
Lamoureux
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:35 AM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Blackwell Policy


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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