From: Nikolai Mileck <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 14:02:17 +0200 Dear Joe, Indeed, it would save money. But fom the librarians point of view, we would leave the trail offering our patrons a systematic linking to relevant resources. The question is: How can we manage an effective linking to these articles allocated all over the web - user-friendly and beyond Google? What about the link resolvers and OPACs still used by libraries and there patrons? There's a difference between single OA-articles and OA-journals. Nikolai Mileck Universitatsbibliothek Heidelberg (Germany) -------- Original-Nachricht -------- From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:36:10 -0700 I just heard that the MLA journals are adopting an "author-friendly" open access policy. The story is here: http://www.mla.org/news_from_mla/news_topic&topic=596 If I were a librarian, I would now cancel the MLA journals and put the money toward toll-access publications or to some other use. My assumption is that a Google search would locate the OA versions, wherever they are located. Is there a reason that a librarian would not cancel these subscriptions? What am I missing? Joe Esposito