Drop the word "conspiracy" and this is exactly
right: it is big
publishers vs. small, not publishers vs. libraries.
Joe Esposito
On 6/30/06, Indiana Univ. Math. J. <iumjindiana.edu> wrote:
> When I find a publisher whose print journals are at the
(very)
> high end of the spectrum *and* which also advocates
Open
> Access, I ask myself: What's wrong with my
brain---why does it
> expect coherence...? Maybe there is a vast conspiracy
out
> there Maybe the
"big publishers" advocate OA as a means to
> make sure that the small, independent journals go out
the
> board?
>
> Would someone care to list all the "big
publishers" whose
> *majority* of print journals are expensive (take the
per page
> cost, if you will) and who also advocate OA?
>
> Best, Elena Fraboschi
indiana.edu> wrote:
> When I find a publisher whose print journals are at the
(very)
> high end of the spectrum *and* which also advocates
Open
> Access, I ask myself: What's wrong with my
brain---why does it
> expect coherence...? Maybe there is a vast conspiracy
out
> there 
Maybe the
"big publishers" advocate OA as a means to
> make sure that the small, independent journals go out
the
> board?
>
> Would someone care to list all the "big
publishers" whose
> *majority* of print journals are expensive (take the
per page
> cost, if you will) and who also advocate OA?
>
> Best, Elena Fraboschi