Dear SERIALST-ers,

We've been notified that our print subscription to Nature will increase
by about 30% for 2004.  Given that we (and other libraries) continue to
pay a substantial additional fee for online access while our budgets are
shrinking, this rate hike is excessive and could not come at a worse
time.  We are a captive audience for this title, and I wonder if the
publisher is trying to steer readers away from print.  If there is
anyone lurking from Nature Publishing Group, perhaps he/she could
comment on this.

Sincerely,

Jennifer

Jennifer van Sickle

Serials Librarian/Sciences Coordinator

Trinity College Library

300 Summit St.

Hartford, CT USA 06106

phone: 860-297-2250

fax: 860-297-2251

jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu