RE: Critique of Darnton

[Sandy Thatcher <sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu>]

And this duplication will also be true for the new emerging 
e-book subscription platforms recently announced.

Sandy Thatcher


At 5:24 PM -0500 1/12/11, Okerson, Ann wrote:
>As one who supports the humanities and the numerous excellent
>journals in the field, I could impishly add that the picture, at
>least for some libraries, may be more costly than Phil Davis
>paints:  how common or uncommon is it to subscribe to the same
>humanities journal in print, as well as a current sub online (via
>Muse, let's say) and the back issues elsewhere (in JSTOR, for
>example).  Of course, humanities journals aren't the only titles
>we receive in more than one format, each of which is paid for.
>In STM, many libraries have dropped their print subscriptions but
>some of the more prominent STM journals are nonetheless accessed
>in more than one way (and paid for in each).
>
>Perhaps all I'm saying is that there is more duplication and
>overlap in paid subscriptions of all sorts, in various
>disciplines and formats, than we may realize.  And thus the price
>per article or whatever unit may often be higher than we think,
>at least in a given library.
>
>Ann Okerson
>Yale Library
>
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>From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
>[owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Esposito
>[espositoj@gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:16 PM
>To: Liblicense-L@Lists. Yale. Edu
>Subject: Critique of Darnton
>
>Excellent post by Phil Davis, critiquing Robert Darnton's "Three
>Jeremiads":
>
>http://bit.ly/ho06Um
>
>It takes courage to publish something like this.
>
>Joe Esposito