Re: The True Cost of the Essentials (Implementing Peer Review)

2001-07-26 Thread Arthur Smith
Stevan Harnad wrote: Do you think the APS estimate is a better average for the 20,000+ refereed journals and their 2,000,000+ annual articles? (I am not asking ironically: I really wonder how representative you think the APS bottom line is. We are talking about averages here, after all, and

Re: The True Cost of the Essentials (Implementing Peer Review)

2001-07-26 Thread David Goodman dgood...@princeton.edu
About the likely factors, from the standpoint of a librarian: Librarians will not cancel the conventional journals if they are used. They will (at least if they are rational) cancel them when they show no use. It is also of course likely that they will cancel them because of cost, especially if

Re: Distinguishing the Essentials from the Optional Add-Ons

2001-07-26 Thread Albert Henderson
on 26 Jul 2001 Stevan Harnad har...@coglit.ecs.soton.ac.uk wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, George Lundberg wrote: i certainly can agree with one point the market will decide howeveri would not count on any windfall savings unless there is a secure on-going revenue stream and that

Re: The True Cost of the Essentials (Implementing Peer Review)

2001-07-26 Thread Albert Henderson
on 26 Jul 2001 David Goodman dgood...@princeton.edu wrote: About the likely factors, from the standpoint of a librarian: Librarians will not cancel the conventional journals if they are used. They will (at least if they are rational) cancel them when they show no use. It is also of course