From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:12:17 +0100

Were these cancellation fees stated in the contract your institution
originally signed?  I have never seen a Nature contract and am simply
wondering if this is new deal point raised after a contract has been
signed or something that was disclosed and agreed to up front.

Joe Esposito


On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:29 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
> 10124 TORINO
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