All, This was sent 3/6 for posting to the list and slipped into the
deep-end of my inbox. Apologies. John
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We take your concerns very seriously and are contacting everyone in
this
thread personally to discuss these issues further. As one of the
oldest and
largest non-profit university publishers, we are constantly seeking
best
practices that balance our commitment to the availability of
scholarship
with our responsibility for the future of the press. The enterprise-
wide
model is intended to introduce more equitable, tiered pricing for
unlimited
access, including classroom use and multi-site. For those institutions
where
usage of any given journal does not justify an enterprise-wide
license, we
have introduced a single-concurrency subscription, with rates that are
still
among the lowest in the industry. Some of these low rates are
subsidized,
and any surpluses are reinvested into the scholarly community and
technological upgrades. In May we will launch Chicago Journals Online
using
the Atypon Premium platform. Later this year we plan to enrich our
online
offering with as much archival content as we can procure, going back to
volume 1:1 in most cases, included at no additional charge in all
electronic
subscriptions. We hope that the relative cost of access for all will
not
lead to the choice to provide access for none. I encourage everyone
with any
comments or suggestions to contact me directly at (773)702-8785 or e-
mail me
at ngupta_at_press.uchicago.edu.
Sincerely
NAWIN GUPTA
Journals Division Manager
The University of Chicago Press
www.journals.uchicago.edu
Received on Sun Mar 25 2007 - 01:07:21 EDT