From: "Wantland, Clydette" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:50:27 +0000

In my experience with commercial aggregators, 20% is the lowest they
typically offer.  This is robbery in my opinion.  Tell the editor to
ask for more and perhaps an embargo on current content depending on
where the journal is currently hosted.  Feel free to contact me
directly for more information.

Clydette Wantland
Journals Manager
University of Illinois Press
Champaign, IL  61820
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Fowler, George J." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:21:52 +0000

All,

I am most likely not even looking at things correctly, so I need your
considerable and considered help!

I was just approached by a faculty editor of a journal that is hosted
at our institution, who had a proposal from a major publishing vendor.
It looks like the intent is to include the full-text of the journal in
one or more of the vendors' databases, but I cannot confirm that.

From talking with the faculty member, he indicated that we would
continue to host the journal, but the vendor would be able to use the
content in a manner they deemed appropriate.

The vendor is offering to pay royalties equal to 20% of the net
revenue collected for inclusion of Content from the Publications on
Products sold.

Is that a fair amount?

Also, what should I be looking for that I am not mentioning?

Thank you for your assistance.

George

George J Fowler
Interim University Librarian
Old Dominion University Libraries
Norfolk, VA 23529
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