From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 18:39:51 +0000 This is a response I recently sent to Taylor and Francis regarding cancellations of two library journals they recently acquired from Elsevier. I thought it might be of interest to the list. Chuck Hamaker UNC Charlotte ******* Subject: Taylor and Francis- Cancellations of Library Journals To: [log in to unmask] You ask the following regarding these two titles: Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services Online ;Serials Review Online "could you please email [log in to unmask] to let us know if the following items apply to you:" WE...do not intend to renew .. subscriptions (please specify reason for cancellation) Reasons for Cancellation 1. These titles were part of the "big deal" package with Elsevier. For Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services Online. For the calendar year 2013 we had NO downloads of articles. If the title had remained with Elsevier it would have been protected from cancellation because of our license. As we have no such license with you, it is not protected.. From calendar year 2012 content we had 2 downloads last year. Clearly this is not a title we can justify retaining.. For Serials Review we had 8 downloads for 2013 and 4 for 2012. Again a title we cannot justify based on the usage. 2. Your policy on Green OA is unacceptable and we are targeting ALL takeover T&F titles for this level of review. 3. Your subscription pricing patterns in the past have been highly questionable. You tend to take over a lesser priced title and rapidly escalate the pricing. We do not intend to support that type of pricing escalation 4. We do not support overpriced APCs (Article Processing Charges) for journal authors in social science fields and humanities,or any field for that matter. ie. "hybrid" OA journal charges of $3,000 per article! For an individual article to be OA in library journal or history journal article this is outrageous. We will not support such practices where we can cancel offending titles. Your implementation of the Finch report shows a level of disingenuous and disruptive behavior we will not support. We are protesting this policy the only way we know how: by cancelling whatever journals you take over that we can. We will also conduct a more thorough review of your titles over the next year based on this decision of yours. 5. We do not want to inadvertently provide the message to faculty considering publication that you are behaving responsibly in the current environment. You are not. 6. The recent resignation of the whole editorial board of one of your library journals also is a factor.. 7. The whole library faculty were surveyed on these titles and agreed to cancel them. Chuck Hamaker Atkins Library University of North Carolina Charlotte