Comment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Mike Taylor
Jeffrey, was this post a satire? If so, of what? Sorry if I am being dense, I just don’t get it.
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Jeffrey Beall
Hey, Mike. I’ll re-phrase it in terms you should be able to understand: the serials crisis, like the sauropoda, is gone.
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by kcoylenet
Walt Crawford’s book, “The Big Deal and the Damage Done”, which is basically an analysis of library budgets and serials spending, would seem to indicate otherwise. You might wish to address his points....
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Jeffrey Beall
I think you’ve got it backwards. He should have read the sources I cite first.
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Michael Hughes (@anachronautics)
Citing five articles, one of which is an interview and another a self-citation, doesn’t give you the wherewithal to ‘declare’ anything. Perhaps you and I read that first sentence differently, but I’d...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Matt Thomas
It seems like the quotes and your argument is based on the average price per journal title but that doesn’t take into consideration that most of these titles are products that we probably would never...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Walt Crawford
I had in fact read most of the sources you cite. The suggestion that quotable sources, mostly publishing-related, count for more than the actual facts is an amusing one, but I think I’ll go with the...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Joe Kraus
I agree that this doesn’t add up. The Univ. could spend like Harvard and still not get all of the content that our students and faculty need or want. You did a good job of ignoring my first point...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Mel DeSart
Jeffrey, I don’t think anyone would argue that the unit cost for journals has gone down as a result of bundling. ARL stats showed that a number of years ago. But when the price increases on those...
View ArticleComment on Vanity Journals are Threatening Taxonomy by Hani Hadi
I get acceptation from International Review of Physics (IREPHY) is this journal potential predatory publishers.thinks
View ArticleComment on Appeals by Mehdi
Sir, Thats why I asked you whether you assessed the publisher recently or not. You please read your blog spot one more time and compare your text with the present status of the publisher. You will see...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Of course the serials crisis is not...
[...] Beall’s fatuous pronouncement that The Serials Crisis is Over has been nagging away at me since it was posted yesterday. I admit my first reaction was that it [...]
View ArticleComment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Okay, thanks for that clarification; I will have another look.
View ArticleComment on Vanity Journals are Threatening Taxonomy by Jeffrey Beall
That journal’s publisher, Praise Worthy Prize, is on my list, so I recommend that you find a better journal to submit to.
View ArticleComment on New Open-Access Publisher Launches with 66 Journal Titles by Galuh...
Dear Mr. Beall, Why are you so anti New Publishers? Only time will answer, whether they are goor or bad. However, if you judge them bad from the very beginning, is it not cruel? Big and established...
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View ArticleComment on New Open-Access Publisher Launches with 66 Journal Titles by Galuh...
Dear SteathySleuThing, I think that at least the publisher is not run by a one man show, because one is in China, and two are in USA
View ArticleComment on New Open-Access Publisher Launches with 66 Journal Titles by...
What publisher are you associated with? If a new publisher uses deception or lack of transparency as a business practice, then it deserves to be the subject of scrutiny and critical thinking. I limit...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by openvt
I might have read your self-citation, but I hit a paywall (“$23.68 plus tax)- do you plan to archive it? How much does UC-Denver pay for subscriptions, what percentage of your total library budget does...
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Brian Young
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...
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