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what a good idea! CILIP should lead the way by charging its subscriptions in Euros. Charles Professor Charles Oppenheim Department of Information Science Loughborough University Loughborough Leics LE11 3TU 01509-223065 (fax) 01509-223053 ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Humphrey To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:19 AM Subject: Re: New flat-rate subscription for CILIP Here in the Netherlands we pay a flat-rate subscription regardless of salary to our professional association. The basic rate per year is Euro 29.00, we pay Euro 37.50 for our equivalent of "Update" (and this is still a 50% reduction on the normal subscription rate), for each special interest group we pay Euro 7.50. (A subscription to our professional journal is optional, thus reducing the cost further). So to compare with the rate that I pay to CILIP (sterling 43), my subscription to the Dutch Library Association costs sterling 54 (= membership fee, journal, plus two SIGs), not much difference really. Personally I'm all for the change. This is generating just as much heated discussion as the proposed introduction of ID cards in the UK did on another list. It's quite amusing to follow from the continent, just imagine the uproar there will be when it is announced the UK is going over to the Euro!!! Sarah Humphrey, Documentalist Records Mannagement Office Director General's Cabinet European Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre Noordwijk, Netherlands T +31 (0) 71 565 3018 F +31 (0) 71 565 5344 E [log in to unmask] W www.esa.int