From: "Sterk, J.M.E." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:37:13 +0000

Dear colleagues,

No, for several years now we have been trying to get better
conditions, but to no avail. It's not only the post-cancellation fee,
but also the policy  of "four rolling years" concerning not only the
Nature titles but the Palgrave titles as well.

We pointed out to them that their policy is exceptional compared to
other publishers.
Here below a few examples of the annual fees:

Nature                  € 390
Nature res. Journals    € 240
Nature Reviews          € 240
NPG acad. & soc. Titles €  62
Scientific American     € 240

We really consider these exorbitant costs!

Kind regards from Amsterdam,

José Sterk

J.M.E. Sterk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Library
Dept. of Electronic Resources
De Boelelaan 1103
1081 HV Amsterdam

-----Original Message-----
From: Francesca Musina <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:50:59 +0100

Dear colleagues,

After not having renewed our subscription to Pediatric research, the
publisher Nature is requesting us the payment of a fee for our access
to past 2012 volume.

It is the first time that we are required to pay for post-cancellation
access to subscribed and fully paid content.

Moreover, it seems that this policy goes in an opposite direction with
respect of those (see Elsevier, Springer, Mary Ann Liebert and others)
which allow access at no additional charge to content in
post-cancellation right, at least until the Licensee maintains one,
current electronic subscription to content published by the Licensor
(we’re still customers, since we still have a lot of current
subscriptions at Nature publications).

Has anyone been able to obtain better conditions from this publisher
or is this the one and only policy Nature agrees to sign?
I would also be glad to have your point of view in this matter.

Thanks a lot in advance.
With regards,
Francesca Musina

Francesca Musina
Università degli Studi di Torino
Direzione Ricerca, Relazioni Internazionali, Biblioteche e Musei
Biblioteca Digitale
corso S. Maurizio 28 / via Bava 31
10124 TORINO
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