Does this paragraph from the University of Chicago bother anyone else?  I
can see these 'small annual maintenance fee[s]' being a real headache in the
not-too-distant future.

Janie Jones
Periodicals Librarian
Tarleton State University

Beginning in fall 2007, institutions and individuals who choose not to renew
their electronic subscriptions to journals published by the University of
Chicago Press may retain access to issues published during their
subscription
term for a small annual maintenance fee...

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For Immediate Release: September 21, 2006
Contact: subscriptions@press.uchicago.edu or (773) 753-3347, U.S. and Canada
toll-free (877) 705-1878

Chicago Journals announce in perpetuity access option

In response to feedback from the scholarly and library communities, the
University of Chicago Press Journals Division announced today that it plans
to
introduce additional post-cancellation options for all electronic journals
published by the University of Chicago Press and accessed through the
University of Chicago Press Journals Division Web site,
www.journals.uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago Press recognizes that in perpetuity access to
journal
content is a concern for our library customers. We encourage clients to
maintain active subscriptions to University of Chicago Press titles, which
ensures unfettered access not only to the latest issues of a journal, but
also
to all archive content maintained on the University of Chicago Press Web
site.
The online editions hosted at www.journals.uchicago.edu contain
supplementary
information not available in the print version of the journal or on
aggregated
databases, including expanded methods, data sets, and video files.

Beginning in fall 2007, institutions and individuals who choose not to renew
their electronic subscriptions to journals published by the University of
Chicago Press may retain access to issues published during their
subscription
term for a small annual maintenance fee, which covers the technological and
service costs of hosting the journal. Customers are automatically waived any
annual maintenance fee to access electronic versions of both current and
archived journal content when a subscription to a journal title is kept
active.

Effective immediately, subscribers and post-cancellation subscribers may
also
opt to purchase a digital copy for local storage and retrieval of any issues
to
which they subscribed as an additional archival safeguard. The digital copy
purchase price is set as low as possible and is intended to cover the costs
of
materials, labor, and shipping. For more information or purchasing
specifics,
please contact our Customer Service team at subscriptions@press.uchicago.edu
or
toll-free (877) 705-1878.

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About the University of Chicago Press: Founded in 1891, the University of
Chicago Press is the largest American university press. The Journals
Division
currently publishes forty-seven periodicals and serials in a wide range of
disciplines, including several journals that were the first scholarly
publications in their respective fields. Online since 1995, the Journals
Division has also been a pioneer in electronic publishing, delivering
original,
peer-reviewed research from international scholars to a worldwide audience.

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