Re: National Online: Nature and Others... (like SCIENCE)

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com>]

I and others are wrestling with a different but related problem in a JISC
(UK HE sector) project. What is a satisfactory way to deal with this
problem? As I see it only metered usage as a basis for payment is likely
to be equitable to all parties but is it feasible technically and also in
terms of the budget needs of both libraries and publishers? Both like firm
payments up front.

Anthony Watkinson

----- Original Message -----
From: David L. Osterbur <dosterbur@mcb.harvard.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: RE: National Online: Nature and Others... (like SCIENCE)


> You are basing that calculation on the assumption that all of those users
> represented by the library will actually use the resource.  I believe that
> that is very unlikely to happen.  Nature requires that we include all of
> the Physical Sciences FTE's in our calculations for such journals as
> Nature Cell Biology.  What is the chance that all Physicists will look at
> Nature Cell Biology?