BMJ Publishing Group - 2004 Institution Prices/Announcement on bmj.com

["Maureen Rooney" <mrooney@bmjgroup.com>]

We are pleased to announce that the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd subscription
rates for 2004 are now available on the BMJ Journals Library Resource
Centre at http://www.bmjjournals.com/subscriptions/libraries.shtml.
 
 
BMJ Journals

We have revised our site license pricing structure for 2004 to better
serve the institutional market.  The new pricing structure for BMJ
Journals will make it easier and more cost-effective for institutions to
benefit from online access. The new online pricing includes only three
categories of FTE - small, medium and large. By eliminating the X-large
category and linking the online and print/online subscription to each
individual journal print price, the net effect will be a reduction of the
online subscription rate for the majority of journals.
 
Group 1 and 2 price bands will disappear.  All online subscriptions are
based on the individual journal price.  For those institutions that select
a print/online subscription, the print journal is priced as a minimal
add-on, based on the publication frequency of the journal.
 
Please note: Print only subscriptions do not include full text online
access.
 
BMJ PG is further holding the 2004 exchange rates in North America at
US$1.6 to the pound to maintain an equitable exchange rate.
 
Clinical Evidence
2004 pricing for Clinical Evidence includes:
Personal, student and nurse subscriptions (all include online access at
no additional cost).
Institutional print only rates.
Institutional online rates for two license options: FTE license &
concurrent user license.  Institutions purchasing on FTE license are
entitled to significant discount on print subscriptions.
 
bmj.com
Access to bmj.com will remain free to all throughout 2004. 
However, in 2005, after ten years of being free to access, bmj.com will
introduce a limited charging structure for some of its content.   We
will be developing a new pricing model that we will endeavor to make
both equitable and reasonable.  For more information please read the
editorial in the 2nd August issue of BMJ at
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7409/241.
 
2005 will also see us introducing COUNTER compliant usage stats along with
site licenses similar to those for the BMJ Journals.
 
For up-to-date information on bmj.com pricing and other BMJ Journals
information visit the Library Resource Centre or sign up to receive our
newsletter email alerts at
http://www.bmjjournals.com/subscriptions/libraries.shtml.
 
 
Yours sincerely
Julie Halfacre
Product Manager
BMJ Publishing Group