If any product is rising in price much faster than the income of the main purchaser group, it has to be assumed that it is heading into a steepening financial crisis. My view is that it is now becoming essential for periodicals publishers to make ordinary retail price inflation a rigorous guideline for their own price setting for a period of at least a few years. If this means that research goes unpublished because periodicals cannot grow or even have to be cut, then we will probably have to face up to that for a time. I think Birkhaeuser is to be applauded for tackling the issue, but this approach needs work. I welcome experiments, but fear the long-term results if the right questions aren't posed from the beginning.
Response is welcome.
This fee does not pertain to making photocopies for re- sale. Permission does not extend for any services providing photocopies for sale in any way. I understand the new language to mean, among other things, that no individual may photocopy an article for their own personal use and that no library may photocopy an article for ILL purposes. This has huge implications. It struck me that perhaps Haworth thinks that if they don't permit document delivery, then libraries will be forced to carry the titles in order to make the information availa- ble to their patrons.