Maybe slightly off the mark, but this letter was in the latest copy of
Geoscientist - to have a paper copy of your journal/journals of choice
through the letter box, you will be charged an extra £10 per journal per
year. It may be worth an e-mail to Ted to try and keep the journals coming
through the door. Not sure if I'm on my own, but those journals which are
e-mail based/internet based either get filtered by spam, forgotten about or
have to be printed to be read properly.
Loo paper threat
From Stephen Dulson (Rec’d 10 June; Pub’d 17 June)
Sir, I was annoyed to read in “Society Business” in May’s Geoscientist, that
those of us who wish to continue receiving our journals in the normal way will
be charged an extra £10 in addition to our (in my opinion) already substantial
subscription fees.
Surely, in the current economic climate, the reasonable thing to do would be to
offer a £10 discount to those who are joined at the hip to their laptops (like
some nerdy Teletubbies) and insist on living their virtual lives online. I don’t
recall being asked if I agreed with this proposal, but if I am sure that many
people would have expressed similar views. Many of my geological
acquaintances admit to rarely reading the journal as it stands and if it is
online
then I am sure even more will “forget” to keep themselves up-to-date with
research etc.
I only really find time to read my professional literature at two locations. The
first (and most obvious) I will not detail here and the second is on the
train to
and from work. Even if I did have possession of a laptop, the wisdom of
flashing this around in South London is somewhat questionable, given the usual
lateness of my journey home from the office. There are many other reasons
which I won’t go into now. Is this proposal still under debate or will
Fellows be
stung regardless of their views?
Editor asks: Do many Fellows feel this way? Most complaints on this issue
have historically arisen from the Society’s erstwhile insistence – soon to be
abandoned - that all Fellows receive paper copies, thereby imposing intolerable
strains upon shelves, garage space and marriages. Please write to
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