It is desirable because PMC will eventually be a major portal for those searching the research literature in biology and because it offers permanent, free posting. It is currently not practical for FES to post its articles there because articles must be in SGML format and our printer is currently unable to provide that format at a reasonable cost. Prospects seem good for this to change. As proposed before, when posting on PMC becomes feasible, FES should initiate a fee for immediate PMC posting of articles while continuing to use page charges to pay for immediately posting articles on the Florida Center for Library Automation server. On several occasions, I ve been asked if free access to current Florida Entomologist articles has resulted in a reduction in FES membership.
Variation is great but no trends are apparent.
Changes in numbers of institutional subscriptions for five entomological journals. Thus revenues from library subscriptions became higher than numbers predicted.