My response is intended to be seen by all!
I have read with interest the recent and past correspondence concerning
access to e-journals. Much of the correspondence seems to indicate that
access to e-journals is not so simple and popular with readers after all. I
would be intrigued to know which publishers, small or large, actually find
a net cost benefit from the ventures. I was very sceptical at the time of
writing my articles that appeared in the recent issue of 'Learned
Publishing' but I am even more convinced now that it is very unlikely that
small publishers would gain by going on-line. I was most intrigued by the
figures provided by Stuart Rawson from Belfast, namely 3000 accesses per
week for 3000 journals available. My simple arithmetic tells me that that
is one access per journal per week, on average, and if any journal gets 10
accesses 9 other get none (on average). Perhaps I misunderstood.
E.P. Goldfinch
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