Re: Interview with Springer's Derk Haank

[Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>]

Sandy,

Note that in the interview Haank also noted that Springer is 
pursuing market access outside libraries.

Joe Esposito

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Sandy Thatcher
<sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> I find this comment rather astonishing:
>
>>On whether there is a structural problem in the scholarly 
>>publishing market, and the likelihood that the research 
>>community might at some point no longer be able to afford to 
>>keep paying publishers' prices:
>>
>>"I don't believe there is a structural problem, and things will 
>>not fall apart. There are always countervailing forces. I don't 
>>believe that our pricing is a big problem, and I am sure that 
>>this market can carry on indefinitely. As I say, I accept that 
>>there was once a problem. But today, we can't give libraries 
>>access to any more journals because they already have access to 
>>all they could ever want."
>
> I would be interesting in knowing whether there are ANY
> librarians who would agree with this statement, and the one
> earlier in the interview where Haank says: "The Big Deal is the
> best invention since sliced bread."
>
> I suppose a CEO is paid to be optimistic, though...
>
> Sandy Thatcher
>
>
>>An interview with Derk Haank, CEO of Springer Science+Business
>>Media has been published in the January issue of Information
>>Today.
>>
>>More here:
>>http://poynder.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-springers-derk-haank.html