We too felt we couldn't not subscribe, and have a subscription to
Nature, the monthlies, and the Reviews titles.
Maybe, although it's a big cost for us, it's easier for us smaller
specialist institutions to adjust and prioritise our budgets?
The change to make ALL content available immediately on publication
will be very welcome here, it's that as much as the cost that has
brought complaints from our users.
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Jane Milligan
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Imperial Cancer Research Fund
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Steve Glover wrote:
> We have bitten the Bullet and subscribed to all Nature monthly titles plus
> Nature online
>
> Steve Glover
> Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
> Manchester
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Davies [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 26 April 2001 10:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Nature online - any subscribers?
>
> 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
> Stocker Road
> Exeter EX4 4PT
> UK
>
> tel. 01392 263767
>
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