Stevan Harnad wrote: > > There's no need for the OA community to hear about librarians' struggles with > their serials budgets when > it's at the expense of OA >
As previous messages in this thread clearly show, the ultimate fate of the subscription model, and how it will unfold, is completely unknown, so that any contribution that will help to answer the following question "If Green OA goes from 20% to 100%, and if the demise of the subscription model ensues, when will subscription cancellation begin?" is relevant in my opinion. We may not like the hypothesis that embargo-free Green OA journals may be the first to be cancelled, but it is kind of logical, though from a very limited perspective. And it's a good thing that it has been raised here, in order to allow for the "OA community" to put the issue on a more general level, like when Stevan points out that actions or policies which may seem justified locally, because they allow for short term savings, can be globally harmful in the long term. Marc Couture
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