Melvin,
Maybe you could pass this comment back to Eunice Walford.
Linking the cost of a site licence to FTE is based on a false assumption.
There is no necesary relationship between the FTE of an institution and
the use made of a service. A small institution with a large medical
faculty could easily make more use of BMJ services than a very large
institution with just a few interested staff members.
Regards,
John Smith,
University of Kent at Canterbury.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Melvin Russell Morbey wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> As list owner I want lis-e-journals to be a forum for discussion and
> exchange of views for all those with an interest in electronic journals.
> With this in mind I decided to ask BMJ Publishing Group if they would like
> to respond to the recent messages highlighting price rises for electronic and
> print+electronic for 2001. I copied some of the comments list members had made
> to BMJ but member's anonymity was preserved.
>
> I've just received the following from Eunice Walford, Sales and Marketing
> Director
>
> BMJ Publishing Group Response
>
> 1. bmj.com remains free access to all users even if they do not take a
> print subscription.
>
> 2. For 2 years BMJ Specialist Journals have increased subscription rates
> in line with or below inflation and not added any surcharge for access to
> our highly functional web sites which are hosted by HighWire Press (part
> of the University of Stanford). In 2001 there will be three options of
> subscribing to BMJ Specialist Journals:
>
> a) Print only - the print only rate for 2001 will increase by 5%
>
> b) Online only - the online only rate is effectively a site licence based
> on the number of Full Time Equivalents at the institution. This
> subscription gives unlimited access to the online journal both on and off
> site.
>
> c) Print & Online - the rate for Print & Online is also based on the
> number of Full Time Equivalents with deep discounts on the print and again
> the subscription gives unlimited access to the online journal both on and
> off site
>
> The FTE pricing bands are set up to account for Small (FTE 1 - 2,000),
> Medium (FTE 2,001 - 7,000), Large (FTE 7,001 - 20,000) and Extra Large
> (FTE 20,001+) institutions. For more detailed information on the new
> pricing structure for BMJ Specialist Journals please click here:
> http://www.bmjjournals.com:80/subscriptions/institutional.shtml
>
>
> Just to clarify a couple of points raised in the correspondence:
> 1. "Institutions who choose to take both print and online formats of a
> journal (at the same time) will make a substantial saving" - we offer very
> favourable terms for libraries that want to buy both formats jointly,
> compared to the separate prices for these products.
> 2. bmj.com remains free to all users.
>
> Melvin
>
>
> Melvin Morbey
> E-Journals Co-ordinator/List owner : lis-e-journals
> University of Reading Library
> Whiteknights PO Box 223
> Reading RG6 6AE
>
> Tel : (internal) 8779
> Tel : (external) 0118 9318779
> Fax : 0118 9316636
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