From: "Wantland, Clydette" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:50:27 +0000 In my experience with commercial aggregators, 20% is the lowest they typically offer. This is robbery in my opinion. Tell the editor to ask for more and perhaps an embargo on current content depending on where the journal is currently hosted. Feel free to contact me directly for more information. Clydette Wantland Journals Manager University of Illinois Press Champaign, IL 61820 [log in to unmask] http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/index.html -----Original Message----- From: "Fowler, George J." <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:21:52 +0000 All, I am most likely not even looking at things correctly, so I need your considerable and considered help! I was just approached by a faculty editor of a journal that is hosted at our institution, who had a proposal from a major publishing vendor. It looks like the intent is to include the full-text of the journal in one or more of the vendors' databases, but I cannot confirm that. From talking with the faculty member, he indicated that we would continue to host the journal, but the vendor would be able to use the content in a manner they deemed appropriate. The vendor is offering to pay royalties equal to 20% of the net revenue collected for inclusion of Content from the Publications on Products sold. Is that a fair amount? Also, what should I be looking for that I am not mentioning? Thank you for your assistance. George George J Fowler Interim University Librarian Old Dominion University Libraries Norfolk, VA 23529 [log in to unmask]