From: Kerry Velilla <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:12:57 -0500 Dear librarian community: As a scholarly publishing consultant, I am posting this query on behalf of a publications director of a major clinical research journal. Our client offers print+online, online only, and print only options and is interested in better understanding the reasons for institutions continuing to subscribe to print. Would you be willing to answer the following questions? 1. Why do institutions still subscribe to print? Is it only when print is a less-expensive alternative? Are there taxes or other levies that make online-only subscriptions less appealing? For archival reasons, would an institution subscribing to print be more likely to drop print if the publisher participated in Portico or CLOCKSS? 2. Does your institution retain any print subscriptions to journals that have an online subscription available? If your institution retains any print subscriptions, do you also subscribe to the online version? 3. If you were unable to subscribe to print only but instead had to subscribe to online in order to also subscribe to print, would you just subscribe online only or subscribe to online and print? What kind of price differential would make the difference for you? 4. If print were no longer available, would you renew your institution’s print subscription as online only? Would you expect a certain price break? Or does your institution require a print copy regardless of online availability? Many thanks in advance for your thoughts! Kerry Kerry Velilla | Associate 24 Aintree Road | Baltimore MD 21286 785 484 2970 office | 785 305 0826 mobile [log in to unmask] | www.kwfco.com KWF Editorial Services provides managing editor services on a contractual basis.