Are all publishers using a subscription or purchase model rapacious? No of course not by any definition especially as almost all learned society publishers and university presses are dependent on that model at the moment? It has often been pointed out that the smaller people are likely to suffer most from pirates.
Anthony
From: "Wilcox, Matthew E." <[log in to unmask]
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:01:19 +0000
It is interesting that this brief is coming out right at the time when some of you all have resumed your fretting about Sci-Hub. At least for me, it serves as a reminder that the real problems are with rapacious publishers and an entrenched tenure system--not with the efforts some use to get access to the information they need for their research.
--matt
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Matthew Wilcox, MA, MSLIS, AHIP
Director, Edward and Barbara Netter Library
Quinnipiac University
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:08:31 -0500
Of interest:
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Date: Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 1:48 PM
From the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new brief entitled Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs, which addresses the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals.
Authored by CARL Research Associate Kathleen Shearer, with input from the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), the brief provides an overview of the current situation and discusses the systemic issues contributing to the problem. While this issue is not new for libraries – they have been dealing with it for decades – it is now getting to a point of crisis. The aim of the brief is to raise awareness with the broader community and define an appropriate national response.
Although the library community has been actively working to mitigate the increasing unsustainable situation through redistribution of library budgets, journal cancelations, and consortial purchasing, more must be done. A coordinated approach is needed, and the brief provides recommendations for how the Canadian university community can work together to tackle this important issue.
Direct to Full Text Brief
9 pages; PDF