But surely we don't want to settle for anything less than 100%! And what about those who are not served by the research libraries, wouldn't it be wonderful if they could get access as well?
'Enlightened licensing' may put us in a better position than we were in before, but it is still sub-optimal. David David C Prosser PhD Director SPARC Europe E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1865 284 451 Mobile: +44 (0) 7974 673 888 http://www.sparceurope.org -----Original Message----- From: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sally Morris Sent: 12 January 2004 23:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: UK Select Committee Inquiry into Scientific Publication I think the CILIP response ignores the fact that new licensing arrangements from publishers have actually significantly increased the percentage of available literature which library patrons can now access. I'm not saying it's anything like 100 percent, but it is much improved Sally NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS - PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RECORDS. THANKS! Sally Morris, Chief Executive Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK Phone: +44 (0)1903 871686 Fax: +44 (0)1903 871457 E-mail: [email protected] ALPSP Website http://www.alpsp.org Our journal, Learned Publishing, is included in the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection, www.alpsp-collection.org
