From: William Gunn <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 08:06:55 -0700

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 7:04 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 19:55:43 -0400
>
> Kevin,
>
> I have spoken to librarians who have told me that they consider
> cancelling subscriptions when a significant portion of a journal can
> be found in OA IRs.


That may be true (evidence still needed), but at issue with the
current policy is not final versions in a IR, but author manuscripts.
Would the presence of preprints and author manuscripts (even
post-review) in an IR lead to cancellation? Seems like Arxiv is
evidence that this isn't the case!