FRPAA and NIH Mandate: A Blessing in Disguise for Scientific Society Publishers?

Society publishers are encouraged to view recent "Open Access" proposals as opportunities to expand access and balance subscription pricing with author contributions. This approach would hopefully avoid the difficulties inherent in the deposition and use of pre-publication manuscripts. Exa...

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Published in:	Science & technology libraries (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2008-09, Vol.28 (3), p.247-253
Main Author:	Roth, Dana L.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	"Open Access" Exact sciences and technology Information and communication sciences Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction Information science. Documentation NIH Directive page charges Pricing Publishing. Electronic publishing. Bibliological aspects Scholarly publishing Sciences and techniques of general use society publications
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Summary:	Society publishers are encouraged to view recent "Open Access" proposals as opportunities to expand access and balance subscription pricing with author contributions. This approach would hopefully avoid the difficulties inherent in the deposition and use of pre-publication manuscripts. Examples of reasonably priced society journals are presented along with comparison pricing of society and commercial journals. These examples suggest that society journals should be immune to cancellations, in contrast with the vulnerability of commercial journals.
ISSN:	0194-262X 1541-1109