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A survey of 400 academic journal publishers done by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers found that:
* 90 percent of the journals are now available online
* A fifth of the publishers are experimenting with open access journals
* 40 percent of publishers use previous print subscriptions as the base for pricing for bundles
* Most publishers make agreements for either one year or three years
* 91 percent of publishers make back volumes available online; 20 percent charge for access to back volumes
* 42 percent have established formal arrangements for the long-term preservation of their journals
* 83 percent require authors to transfer copyright in their articles to the publisher
OCLC ABSTRACTS - June 26, 2006 (Vol. 9, Issue 25)
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Posted by P. Kaufman at June 27, 2006 8:27 AM
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