Re: ArXiv Grows Up, Adopts Subscription-like Model

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

Uh, it's the peer review that is the most expensive part of the 
whole process, and arXiv is not in the business of peer 
reviewing.

>What really struck me about the arXiv business model is the 
>phenomenal cost-effectiveness of arXiv.
>
>At under $7 per article (that's the total cost!), arXiv manages 
>all of the technical aspects of disseminating scholarly articles 
>-including storage, sustaining a heavily used system, developing 
>the search interface, and even working with publishers so that 
>arXiv also works as a submission platform for some journals.
>
>wow!
>
>Heather Morrison, MLIS
>The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
>http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com