David,
Since it is free to library/information staff I suspect its main income source is advertisers.
John.
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> Sent: 17 June 2010 12:44
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> Subject: Re: Downturn in Uptake of 'gold' OA?
>
> What is the business model of IWR? Is it primarily supported by
> subscriptions or by those who buy advertising space?
>
> On 17 June 2010 12:14, David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Weird use of the word 'plummet'!
> >
> > David
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Repositories discussion list on behalf of John Smith
> > Sent: Thu 17-Jun-10 11:58
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Downturn in Uptake of 'gold' OA?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This may be of interest. There is a short article in Information
> World Review about a fall in the take-up of OA publishing. They
> are talking about 'gold' OA but they don't say that in the
> headline.
> >
> > http://www.iwr.co.uk/academic-and-humanites/3010277/Open-
> access-uptake-plummets
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Smith,
> > University of Kent.
> >
>
>
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