From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:15:02 -0700 In the context of recent deliberations about "flipping" subscription journals, Jeff Mackie-Mason, sometime dean of Michigan's School of Information and now University Librarian at Berkeley, has produced a very thoughtful economist-smart piece about the future of gold open access, posted on what I take to be his blog: http://madlibbing.berkeley.edu/economic-thoughts-about-gold-open-access/ I like it for several reasons, not least of which is that he is practiced at something many of us are bad at, thinking of multiple variables brought into action by a single decision, and how those variables interact to produce results. Most provocative to me is his observation of the loss of market influence that librarians would face if gold became prevalent. Jim O'Donnell Arizona State Universitiy