Re: Oxford Journals release preliminary findings from open access experiments: final report now available online

["Joseph Esposito" <espositoj@gmail.com>]

Drop the word "conspiracy" and this is exactly right:  it is big 
publishers vs. small, not publishers vs. libraries.

Joe Esposito

On 6/30/06, Indiana Univ. Math. J. <iumj@indiana.edu> wrote:

> When I find a publisher whose print journals are at the (very) 
> high end of the spectrum *and* which also advocates Open 
> Access, I ask myself:  What's wrong with my brain---why does it 
> expect coherence...?  Maybe there is a vast conspiracy out 
> there :-) Maybe the "big publishers" advocate OA as a means to 
> make sure that the small, independent journals go out the 
> board?
>
> Would someone care to list all the "big publishers" whose 
> *majority* of print journals are expensive (take the per page 
> cost, if you will) and who also advocate OA?
>
> Best, Elena Fraboschi