From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:54:00 -0500

How long is perpetual supposed to be in practice?  The pricing cited
here is crazy, of course, but I'm wondering how to account for such an
obligation by the publisher.

A related issue is whether some of the Gold OA services are charging
enough to keep the content online in perpetuity.

Joe Esposito


On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:29 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: "Gurman, Diane" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:55:08 +0000
>
> Hi all.
>
> I recently came across a situation that was new to me, and was
> wondering if anyone else had seen anything like it.  A South Korean
> company called Nurimedia has a 2-tier pricing model for their content.
> The price for a journal subscription without perpetual access is
> $4,500.  However, if you want perpetual access (which our library
> requires), the cost is $1.1 million.  (I confirmed that this was not a
> joke or error in translation—it really is 1.1 million U.S. dollars.)
>
> We will not be subscribing or purchasing. I consider this price
> difference to be not only unconscionable but insulting to libraries.
> Please let me know what you think.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Diane Gurman
> Scholarly Communication and Licensing Librarian
> UCLA