From: Brandon Nordin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 11:32:38 +0000

An Open Letter to the Library Community

At ACS Publications, our goal is to provide the most authoritative and
indispensable peer-reviewed research and chemistry Related information
through our portfolio of 41 journals and other publications. We
recognize this is only possible through a committed partnership with
you, Our library customers, and the research communities you support.

We value this partnership and we apologize for our recent failure to
make clear the importance we place on our dialogue with libraries and
scholarly communications departments.  We aim to do better, and are
grateful for the ongoing close consultation and collaboration we have
with libraries and consortia worldwide in helping shape our
subscription and publishing options as we move from the print past to
the digital present.

As a result of this collaboration, more scientists have access to more
ACS journals through more libraries than at any time during ACS¹s
136-year history. This year, the ACS Web Editions platform will host
More than 1,000,000 original articles and will successfully fulfill
over 80 Million article requests from the global scientific community.
We thank you for Working with us to make such broad and immediate
information access a reality, particularly in light of the economic
stress faced by so many libraries today.

We realize that no pricing model is ever perfect ­ and that in this
difficult economic era, we have heard your concerns about ensuring
Future access to the essential and highly cited research found in ACS
Publications. Publishers and libraries have a shared stake in
sustainability: ACS is committed to working with you to refine and
Improve our approach and welcomes an ongoing dialogue with you about
library and research trends, publishing best practices, and shared
economic concerns.

Over the next 6 months, we will expand our consultations with the
library community to ensure we have the features, access options, And
publishing models that meet your expectations and the needs of the
Communities you serve. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to call
your ACS Publications representative with any questions, or contact me
directly at [log in to unmask] to share your concerns and
suggestions. More Information on 2013 renewal options is also
available at the Librarian Resource Center at http://pubs.acs.org.

Thank you for your partnership and for your support of ACS
Publications and the American Chemical Society.

Brandon A. Nordin
Vice President, Sales &
Marketing
ACS Publications