From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:18:53 +0000

Rick Anderson asked:

>>Is there an easy way (easier than searching title-by-title through SHERPA/RoMEO) to get a complete list of journals offering Green access with no embargo? I can't speak for the marketplace as a whole, but my library will cancel most if not all of our subscriptions to any such journals — my institution is not giving us money so that we can spend it on content that's available for free.

David Prosser replied:

>>I don't know if there is a way of getting a list, but I think you are conflating two things.  I assume you are saying you would cancel if all of the content of the journal was available without embargo.  Sherpa/Romeo doesn't tell you that - it just tells you whether or not the publisher allows green deposit without embargo.

And -- Rick Anderson replied:

You're right, I should be more precise: if I know that a publisher
allows green deposit of all articles without embargo, then the
likelihood that we'll maintain a paid subscription drops dramatically
— and drops even further if the journal is near the periphery of my
institution's research and curricular interests. If the journal is
closer to the center of our interests, then before dropping the
subscription we'd probably do a quick survey to see what percentage of
its articles are showing up in public repositories within a reasonably
brief period.

Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library, University of Utah
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