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Comment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Brian Young

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Quoting an interview from a publishing representative and passing it off as fact seems like a poor rhetorical strategy. From the interview, it is clear that the interviewee is dismissive of library viewpoints (referred to as negotiating tactics) but then we (those reading his interview and now your blog) are expected to accept his views as evidence of there no longer being a serials crisis.

This is an important issue that warrants discussion. Perhaps “big deals” have helped more than not. Perhaps cost per serial (of those actually paid for, not counting DOAJ and other free content that could potentially –depending on how it is reported – skew statistics) has gone down. Data on serials purchased in my field (engineering/computer science) does not support this idea.

Let’s have a conversation about it…not a list of selected quotes that may be out of context (as one reader has suggested at a blog commenting on this article) or from someone who, through their responses, has demonstrated clear bias (my opinion above).


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