Re: Springer Open Choice uptake affects 2011 journal pricing

[JOHANNES VELTEROP <velteropvonleyden@btinternet.com>]

Fred,

"...the result will be that universities and funders will support 
only full OA journals..." If only. That would surely speed up OA. 
But as the Bethesda Statement says, OA is a property of 
individual works, not journals or publishers. That's the whole 
background of why hybrid journals exist. It's a way of giving OA 
articles the 'status' of having been published in a journal with 
a known reputation. Their subscription price is just for the 
non-OA content. Nothing to do with 'double dipping'. If the 
subscription price is too high in librarians' view, they should 
just cancel. The OA articles will be freely avalable anyway. 
Best,  Jan


From: FrederickFriend <ucylfjf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Sent: Saturday, 26 June, 2010 6:07:32
Subject: Re: Springer Open Choice uptake affects 2011 journal 
pricing

Jan,

The more uncertainty there is about what universities and 
research funders are paying for in the hybrid OA business model, 
the less likely it is that the model will grow. There is already 
considerable suspicion about "double-dipping" across the world, 
and unless publishers are very open about the relationship 
between subscriptions and publication charges, the result will be 
that universities and funders will support only full OA journals 
or repository deposit. Currently the hybrid model is not living 
up to its promise of a reasonable solution for all stakeholders.

Fred