Looming Threat to Society Journals

["Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>]

Thought some of you might be interested in the article referenced in the
following DIG_REF list posting...

Bernie Sloan

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"King, Hannah" <Hannah.King@HQ.DOE.GOV> wrote:

In the current issue of C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News), 
vol.84, no.47, pp. 82-84, November 20, 2006, there is an article 
by this title, "Looming Threat to Society Journals," by Kimberly 
Douglas and Dana L. Roth of CalTech.

his article discusses the threat the high cost of commercial 
subscriptions are presenting to libraries' budgets with respect 
to acquiring high quality society journals, and the alternative 
routes libraries and their users face: buy the journals or buy 
the articles. If chemists, engineers and others who read this 
magazine are not aware of why their favorite journal is no longer 
on the shelf, this will give them a good overview of the 
decisions librarians face when choosing where they will get the 
highest quality for the library dollar.

[Note: Extra stuff snipped - BGS]

Best regards,

Hannah King, Reference Librarian
US DOE Virtual Energy Library