I would be interested to hear from colleagues - in confidence - what theyhave paid or were quoted for Nature online.
We were intending to subscribe to the monthlies and reviews at what seemed
just about an acceptable price given the likely use, but then found that the
pricing rules required us to include computing numbers in Science FTEs which
I had not done. This doubled the FTEs and increased the price by 50% We are
still deciding whether to proceed.
I know when the deal first came out a biomedical research establishment with
hundreds of researchers was going to pay the same as us, where use will be
primarily for final year undergraduate and postgraduate courses. I wonder if
that is still so in the revised scheme.
Thanks.
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Ian Winship
Learning Resources, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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