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Tempestuous Arguments
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- Subject: Tempestuous Arguments
- From: Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:52:25 -0400 (EDT)
- cc: larrykga@mindspring.com
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This message is in reply to Mr. Sampson's inquiry about Mr. Krumenaker's data. Ann Okerson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:46:48 -0400 From: Larry Krumenaker <larrykga@mindspring.com> To: ann.okerson@yale.edu Subject: Tempestuous Arguments Dear Ms. Okerson, I am the author of the Searcher article "A Tempest in a Librarian's Teapot." I've been forwarded some of the comments raised on your listserv concerning my article. As I'm not on your listserv, perhaps you can post my response to your membership. Some of the stated comments are opinions to which one can argue without resolution but some comments are not correct at all. In particular, the comments of Mr. Sampson are offbase. He wonders why he gets 50% embargoed while I get 18%. The answer is simple. He is making a comparison to one specific subset of EBSCO's product line. I am using the entire full text inventory regardless of which subset products the publications are found in. The comparison he uses isn't apples versus oranges. It's apples versus the entire produce stand. The information that went into the article was provided by all three companies. Their title lists for the article are no different than the files I regularly receive for my Net.Journal Directory/Net.Journal Finder products so I don't see any obvious deception or conspiracy to provide misleading information by any of the sources. I cheerfully stand by my analysis even if some of the parties are less than pleased with the results (No! I won't discuss the privately received letters from EBSCO or ProQuest...really, I won't....even if you or they--OW!--twist my arm......!). Sincerely, Larry Krumenaker **Publisher, Hermograph Press ***Editor, "Net.Journal Directory, The Catalog of Full Text Periodicals Archived on the World Wide Web" ISBN 1-930876-02-5 (9th Edition, July 2001) ISSN 1092-5279 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- www.hermograph.com Tel: 678-445-4189 publisher@hermograph.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -----Original Message----- From:William Sampson [mailto:William.Sampson@galegroup.com] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:50 PM To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu Subject: RE: Two articles on aggregator exclusivity deals and embargoes Mr. Krumenaker's conclusion in "A Tempest in a Librarian's Teapot" that Ebsco's full-text embargo rate is 18% appears to be at odds with studies posted earlier on this list-serv. The following breakdown is taken directly from Ebsco's full-text title list for Search Premier dated May 2001: Total Full-Text Articles - 3,175 Titles with 3 month embargoes - 145 Titles with 4 month embargoes - 3 Titles with 6 month embargoes - 219 Titles with 9 month embargoes - 5 Titles with 12 month embargoes - 1,211 Titles with 18 month embargoes - 16 Titles with 24 month embargoes - 6 Titles with 36 month embargoes - 2 Total titles with embargoes 3 months or longer - 1,607 Percentage of titles with embargoes 3 months or longer - 50.6% I would be interested in learning how Mr. Krumenaker arrived at his conclusions. William A. Sampson The Gale Group Copyright & Licesning 800-877-4253 x8900
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