Well said Claire. I just had a conversation with Karena from Swets and she
was almost in tears, very distraught, I really felt for her - and the
others too.
Yes it will be an enormous work load for lots of us. Fortunately I have a
great time behind me but am feeling a bit overwhelmed at present, normal
renewal time plus this plus an office move plus a tender for a new LMS.
However I will still have job at the end of it.
Thanks for raising this subject, maybe it is a chance for publishers to
show they are not all avaricious ******s insert your own expletive.
All best wishes
Judith
On 24 September 2014 14:34, Claire.Grace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We have seen a growing number of messages from publishers to this list
> over the last few days, drawing our attention to the announcement from
> Swets. Firstly I would like to say publically how sad I was to see this
> announcement and how much I feel for the staff at Swets.
>
> Secondly, it would be appreciated if publishers would reassure us that
> they understand the enormity of any work we might need to undertake to
> change our current arrangements for subscriptions by providing details of
> how they will grace access to their content as we work through this
> extremely difficult situation.
>
> I have almost invariably seen information about payments but what about
> the access?
>
> Best regards
> Claire Grace
>
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