RE: Library subscription rebates for Open Choice content

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

Kudos to Oxford for Library subscription rebates for Open Choice 
content!

The savings for libraries, in some cases, are substantial - up to 
19% for online access to Bioinformatics.

This example illustrates the potential for a natural, 
evolutionary transition to open access.  If libraries apply these 
savings to further open access initiatives, for example providing 
additional funding for Open Choice to supplement the 
contributions of funding agencies and departments, then 
publishers can afford further rebates, freeing more funds to 
support open access.

For more details, see my blogpost:

Oxford:  Traditional Publisher Illustrates Leadership in 
Transition to Open Access 
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2007/07/oxford-traditional- 
publisher.html

Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone, 
and does not reflect the opinion or policy of BC Electronic 
Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library.

Heather Morrison, MLIS
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com