On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Stevan Harnad <har...@ecs.soton.ac.uk>wrote:
> On 2012-06-20, at 5:45 AM, Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF) wrote: > > Hi Laurent,**** > ** ** > Institutions already do have agreements with publishers via their > libraries and/or library consortia. This is certainly the case for INRIA. > > > Some humble advice for institutions and libraries: > > I absolutely agree with Stevan. ANY negotiation with a publisher is a business contract. It should never be left to individuals. > Negotiate with publishers about subscription price. > > Only if you are an institutional officer. Ideally do it as a country such as Brazil rather than wasting your time and our money on secret one-on-one contracts. > Decline to negotiate with publishers about institutional OA policy. > > Absolutely. > On no account allow anyone to lure you into discussing any contingency > between institutional OA policy and subscription price. > > Absolutely. Absolutely. The idea that Elsevier wishes to discuss a "win-win" strategy for their sustainability must be resisted at all costs. Never never never negotiate on content-mining. You will concede fundamental rights. I was intending to blog this anyway. > > Hi all, > > PMR: as a start remember that this "greeting" is a formal communication > from a corporate. > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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