From: "Vagts, Karen A" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:07:10 +0000

I concur with Brian.  But you might develop these assumptions because
of the different roles that books play vis a vis journals and
conference proceedings in metrics, tenure tracking, ordering and
collections management, marketing, etc.

In terms of outsourcing to commercial publishers, some STEM publishers
might choose to use aggregators, whether specialty platforms such as
Knovel or more general ones.  The reasons for doing so may include not
just financial considerations but also where the publishers want to be
in terms of visibility (and they often have to serve corporate clients
as well as academia and these markets differ).

Karen A. Vagts
Engineering/Mathematics/Business Librarian
Tisch Library, Tufts University
email: [log in to unmask]


-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian C. Gray" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:50:01 -0500

Just of the top of my head and with no research, I can think of
several societies that publish books, such as the RSC, ACS, IEEE, IOP,
ECS, ASM, etc. I do not believe these assumptions are accurate.

Brian


Brian C. Gray
Team Leader, Research Services
Librarian: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Macromolecular
Science & Engineering
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Kelvin Smith Library 201-K
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:55 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:40:46 -0500
>
> Hello, liblicense-l colleagues.  Here some assumptions arising several
> times at ALA-Boston last week.  I realized I don't have enough depth
> to validate them (or not).
>
> 1.       Assumption:  STM societies don’t publish many (if any?)
> books, mostly journals.
>
> 2.       Assumption:  HSS societies do publish books/monographs, as
> well as journals.
>
> 3.       Assumption:  Societies (both STM and HSS) don’t outsource
> book publishing to commercial publishers the way they do journals
> because there isn’t a big enough margin in it for publishers to want
> to do it.
>
> Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Best regards, Ann Okerson