From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:12:17 +0100 Were these cancellation fees stated in the contract your institution originally signed? I have never seen a Nature contract and am simply wondering if this is new deal point raised after a contract has been signed or something that was disclosed and agreed to up front. Joe Esposito On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:29 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Sterk, J.M.E." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:37:13 +0000 > > Dear colleagues, > > No, for several years now we have been trying to get better > conditions, but to no avail. It's not only the post-cancellation fee, > but also the policy of "four rolling years" concerning not only the > Nature titles but the Palgrave titles as well. > > We pointed out to them that their policy is exceptional compared to > other publishers. > Here below a few examples of the annual fees: > > Nature € 390 > Nature res. Journals € 240 > Nature Reviews € 240 > NPG acad. & soc. Titles € 62 > Scientific American € 240 > > We really consider these exorbitant costs! > > Kind regards from Amsterdam, > > José Sterk > > J.M.E. Sterk > Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Library > Dept. of Electronic Resources > De Boelelaan 1103 > 1081 HV Amsterdam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Francesca Musina <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:50:59 +0100 > > Dear colleagues, > > After not having renewed our subscription to Pediatric research, the > publisher Nature is requesting us the payment of a fee for our access > to past 2012 volume. > > It is the first time that we are required to pay for post-cancellation > access to subscribed and fully paid content. > > Moreover, it seems that this policy goes in an opposite direction with > respect of those (see Elsevier, Springer, Mary Ann Liebert and others) > which allow access at no additional charge to content in > post-cancellation right, at least until the Licensee maintains one, > current electronic subscription to content published by the Licensor > (we’re still customers, since we still have a lot of current > subscriptions at Nature publications). > > Has anyone been able to obtain better conditions from this publisher > or is this the one and only policy Nature agrees to sign? > I would also be glad to have your point of view in this matter. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > With regards, > Francesca Musina > > Francesca Musina > Università degli Studi di Torino > Direzione Ricerca, Relazioni Internazionali, Biblioteche e Musei > Biblioteca Digitale > 10124 TORINO > [log in to unmask]