I've had e-mails from OUP about a banded pricing structure for online
access, which will depend upon organisational size.
I subscribe to several specialist clinical journals. There are only every
going to be perhaps 20-30 FTEs on my sites interested in the titles, due to
the small nature of the clinical teams. To determine pricing according to
the size of the whole organisation is as relevant - and as fair - as pricing
according to readers' hair colour. The organisational FTE is not a relevant
criteria to use. Organisations differ widely in the make-up. A large,
single-focus research organisation will have far more readers for a
specialist journal than a generalist organisation like us. The only way I
can see that organisational FTE is relevant is a rather cynical assessment
of the ability to pay higher charges. Does anyone else have any views on
this. Has anyone else complained to the OUP?
Mike
Mike Roddham
Head of Library Services, West Sussex Health Libraries
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