From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:49:25 -0400 Joe, Sally was specifically talking about library journal acquisitions. I don't think she meant, "Why is print still offered?" Your point is extremely well taken on the publisher side, in that print delivery of journals is (as I remember things) vigorously preferred by individual society members. To the best of my knowledge, there are no studies in this specific area. Bill On 4/8/13 3:19 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:36:31 -0400 > > Dropping print on the library side is one thing, dropping it on the > publishing side is something else. It makes perfect economic sense > for publishers to drop print, and then they do and regret it. This is > because, for some unknown reason, dropping print often results in more > cancellations of society memberships. Makes no sense, right? > > Joe Esposito > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:42 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:37:16 -0400 >> >> Sally, >> >> One can surmise theories. Listserve recipients would know how >> accurate these are. Some university "libraries of record" in the USA >> still collect the print because of... >> >> 1) institutional inertia? >> >> 2) pressure from older faculty members? >> >> 3) "specialized collection" status? (i.e., smaller special collections >> for Schools of Public Health, Social Work, Anthropology, etc.) where >> the number of core journals needed by the faculty could be limited. >> >> 4) existing ownership of relatively long runs of print journals? >> >> 5) sufficient funding/budgeting for print journal ownership and maintenance? >> >> 6) fear of "loss of content" because of server problems from online >> journals, coupled with lack of practical knowledge about whether >> disparate journals/journal packages utilize backup services? >> >> These are a few that come to mind. >> >> Bill >> >> On 4/5/13 4:59 AM, LIBLICENSE wrote: >> >>> From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]> >>> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:11:15 +0100 >>> >>> It has been noted repeatedly how much these costs would fall if libraries >>> would drop print journals entirely. Yet they don't - why not? >>> >>> Sally >>> >>> Sally Morris >>> South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex, UK BN13 3UU >>> Email: [log in to unmask]