Nature recently announced
(http://www.nature.com/press_releases/NPG_opens_archiv
es.pdf) a
sort of modified open access to its archival content.
However,
there's a catch: they're now asking us to sign a new
version of
the license agreement for our 2007 renewals, in order (as my
new
sales rep put it) "to guarantee that you have access
if you need
to cancel."
Most of the new license language is okay, but they now
apparently
want confidentiality for pricing and license terms. If we
agree,
that could spell the end of public discussion of Nature's
pricing
practices. It seems to me that we'd better all decide that
we're
not going to agree.
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Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(775) 784-6500 x273
rickand unr.edu
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