Apologies for the cross-posting. A couple of months ago
there was a lot of controversy over the price of
subscriptions to the online version of Nature. Recently the
publishers announced some changes so perhaps our protests
have had some effect.
http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/introduction/index.html
The costs to most university libraries would still be many
times that of the printed version. No doubt the publishers
would argue that online access will cause a great increase
in use and it is worth paying more for access to the
world's leading scientific journal. (However, if the same
arguments were used by all publishers of prestigious
journals we would end up only being able to afford access
to a very small number).
Is Nature online a publication that we cannot afford NOT to
take? I would be interested in knowing, and I imagine
many other people on these lists would to, how many academic
libraries do subscribe to Nature online or intend doing so.
Roy Davies
University Library
University of Exeter
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Exeter EX4 4PT
UK
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