#sconul — Public Fediverse posts
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Update. First see the #SCONUL objections to the #Clarivate model, which I inadvertently failed to put in this thread.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114087881564045960Second, see the Clarivate response to #library objections.
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/clarivate-issues-letter-to-the-library-community/"We acknowledge that…ownership [is] essential to libraries’ missions, and is the primary way you acquire content. Subscription models are just one component of your collection and access strategies. Our ebook subscriptions are not designed to replace perpetual front-list and textbook purchases and budgets…We remain unequivocally committed to preserving perpetual access to previously purchased Ebook Central titles."
But only to previously purchased titles, and future books purchased through #Rialto. The atrocious model stands for other #books purchased after June 30, 2026.
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Kudos to the Society of College, National and University Libraries (#SCONUL) for its open letter opposing the #Clarivate decision to stop letting #libraries buy perpetual access to #books.
https://www.sconul.ac.uk/News/View?g=b152a767-3daa-4676-b84a-ca18eb7c2bec&t="The UK academic and research library community is profoundly concerned and disappointed at Clarivate's recent decision to discontinue the option for perpetual purchase of academic resources, as announced in your new subscription-based access strategy. This decision poses significant challenges to the sustainability and financial stability of academic and research libraries worldwide. Perpetual access to scholarly content – in both physical and electronic forms - is a cornerstone of libraries' mission to provide long-term, reliable access to knowledge."