Self-Archiving and Journal Subscriptions: Co-existence or Competition?
An international survey of librarians' preferences

Chris Beckett and Simon Inger, Scholarly Information Strategies Ltd

• Summary Paper
  

This is a condensed version of the earlier analysis released in November 2006; it looks at librarian purchasing preferences, and concludes that mandating self-archiving within six months or less of publication will undermine the subscription-based peer review journal.

Contents

• Executive overview
• Context
• Purpose
• The influence and interaction of some of the main factors affecting acquisition decisions
• Share of preference between journals and Open Access content
• Attitudes to Open Access
• Conclusion

• Press coverage

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