Dear Mr. Henderson,
As an STM publisher for 30 years, I echo your thoughts as espressed in the email correspondence which I have read. I didn't see note in your comment about the negative effect computers have had on library collections although I am sure that it is there. Also I would like to add that several publishers increased prices some years ago by 200-300 percent in a single year in a pure greed move having nothing to do with costs. The worst in this case was the powerful Elsevier. The effect was tremendously squeezed library budgets which have never recovered. I wouldn't know about universities hoarding funds although I wouldn't doubt it, you might want to check the massive slush funds of the professional societies like the IEEE and AIP generated by outlandish prices and tax free status. These haven't helped librarians out either.
Frank Columbus
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Received on Wed Jan 27 1999 - 02:13:39 GMT
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