From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:45:13 -0500

I am sure that I am not the only person who has observed that the
total cost of scholarly material has increased since the advent of
open access publications.  And it will continue to grow.  Even if it's
true that OA could cut costs by 15%, what does that mean if research
increases by 50%?

Joe Esposito


On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:06 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:02:23 +0000
>
> “We estimate that a full transition to OA could lead to savings in the
> region of 10-12% of the cost base of a subscription publisher.”
>
> BernsteinResearch investment analyst Claudio Aspesi
>
> The key question: If Aspesi's estimate of the potential cost savings
> provided by a full transition to OA is accurate, would those savings
> be passed on to the research community if they were achieved?
>
> https://plus.google.com/109680188903316748168/posts/ao2BBmwpzHg
>
> http://bit.ly/TquCZz
>
> Richard Poynder