Re: Study Identifies Factors That Could Lead to Cancelled Subscriptions

[Phil Davis <pmd8@cornell.edu>]

While I have no doubt that this study was well done and holds up 
methodologically, I do wonder about its experimental validity. 
Do librarian preferences for cancellation translate into actual 
cancellations?

If the PRC results were predictive of actual behavior, one would 
expect that subscription-based journals that provided delayed 
free content [1] would see massive library cancellations.  Are 
these publishers, some of whom provide free access after as 
little as 2-months committing subscription hari-kari?  Seems not.

--Phil Davis

[1] see hundreds of journals publishing with HighWire Press
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

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