From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:35:27 +0100 On 1st June, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), along with the Publishers Association (PA), distributed a press release advertising the results of a survey that had recently been commissioned. The objective of the survey had been to estimate the likely impact of making journals freely available after a six-month embargo — as many advocates of Green Open Access (OA) have been proposing. The results of the survey, the press release said, suggest that a six-month embargo would cause research libraries to cancel 65% of their Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences journals and 44% of their Scientific, Technical and Medical journal subscriptions. “ALPSP is very concerned about the effect this may have on non-profit publishers, many of whom may not survive,” commented ALPSP’s Chief Executive Audrey McCulloch. The press release indicated that the report had been prepared by Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf. An email Q&A with McCulloch about the survey, and the report, can be reader here: http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/oa-interviews-audrey-mcculloch-alpsp.html Richard Poynder