RE: Print-Only Subscription Trend

["William Walters" <William.Walters@millersville.edu>]

Is online access to the Duke journals available on a 
permanent-retention basis (in which a subscription in year X 
provides permanent access to the content published that year)? 
Leased online access is great from most patrons' point of view, 
but it involves a gamble: that the library will have enough money 
to pay for access in future years.

(From http://dukeupress.edu/library/eDuke/FAQs.html#timeperiod, 
it seems that Duke *Ddoes* provide perpetual access.  So maybe 
that's not a consideration, after all.)

Duke's withdrawal from Project Muse may also be a factor.  Of 
course the Duke back volumes are still available through Project 
Muse, which suggests that Duke is reliable in keeping its 
commitments.  Still, the withdrawal from Project Muse may have 
given the impression that Duke U.P. is less reliable in its 
behavior more generally -- less predictable and therefore less 
trustworthy.

Bill

William H. Walters, PhD
Assistant Professor of Librarianship
Collection Development Librarian
Helen A. Ganser Library
Millersville University
Millersville, PA 17551-0302