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Around the Web: SUNY Potsdam vs. American Chemical Society in chronological order [Confessions of a Science Librarian]
The most recent controversy to whip up the library and science blogospheres revolves around SUNY Potsdam cancelling their American Chemical Society journal package because the subscription packages on offer sucked up too high a percentage of their total budget. SUNY Potsdam Library Director Jenica Rogers wrote about the decision on her blog, garnering quite a bit of attention, including a feature in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The feature included some rather rude and derailing comments from a representative of the ACS, who later threw some gasoline on the PR fire on a chemistry information mailing list. This in turn inspired a further library and science blogosphere firestorm, concentrating on the disrespectful, dismissive and personal attacks by the ACS towards the library world.
Which is more-or-less where we are today.
I think what library/chemistry worlds are waiting for is some sort of acknowledgement of their PR disaster from the ACS. And what we’re sincerely hoping for is some movement on their part towards a set of business models that’s fairer and more accessible for a broader range of institutions.
American Chemical Society, the ball is in your court.
My previous post promised that if this controversy showed some legs I’d update the list of relevant posts and put them in chronological order. Well, here’s the new list. And here’s hoping
- 2112.09.12. Walking away from the American Chemical Society by Jenica Rogers
- 2112.09.12. Yay SUNY Potsdam, but pondering the fungibility of chemistry journals… by Christina Pikas
- 2112.09.12. the runs you didn’t score by Andromeda Yelton
- 2112.09.12. Gauntlet thrown by The Library Loon
- 2112.09.12. This One’s for SUNY Potsdam by Elizabeth Jardine
- 2112.09.13. Thought experiment or reality: Walking away from the American Chemical Society? by John Dupuis
- 2112.09.14. Walking away from the ACS by Derek Lowe
- 2112.09.14. Another higher education bubble: scientific journal pricing?
- 2112.09.14. A Call to Action by mkrishnamohan
- 2112.09.16. Hachette Job, and Other Pre-LIANZA Musings by Karen Schneider
- 2112.09.17. kittens, glitter, and unicorns by Jenica Rogers
- 2112.09.18. University Library Ditches ACS by Bob Grant
- 2112.09.19. ACS v. Leadscope: Why Chemists Should be Disturbed by Paul Bracher
- 2112.09.19. Supposed To’s: An Open Letter to Library Directors by Jacob Berg
- 2112.09.26. As Chemistry Journals’ Prices Rise, a Librarian Just Says No by Jennifer Howard
- 2112.09.26. CHMINF-L Mailing list item from Glenn Ruskin
- 2112.09.26. CHMINF-L Mailing list Response from Jenica Rogers
- 2112.09.26. Respecting your customers by Jenica Rogers
- 2112.09.26. Just Saying No to For-Profit Academic Publishers by Leonora Lange
- 2112.09.26. Speaking Truth to Power in the Publishing Industry by Scott D-S
- 2112.09.26. ACS to Bloggers: Shove It by Paul Bracher
- 2112.09.26. Your response to us complaining you treat us crappy is to treat us crappier by Chris Zammareilli
- 2112.09.26. On Discourse, Civility, and Vendors; or, JoVE and ACS and bullies by Iris Jastram
- 2112.09.26. The ACS and FUD by Steve Lawson
- 2112.09.26. This statement will be retracted, right? by Chemjobber
- 2112.09.26. Glenn Ruskin clarifies his statement by Chemjobber
- 2112.09.26. Scholars–Don’t give away your work for free: Synthesizing many scholarly communication issues tonight by Joseph Kraus
- 2112.09.27. we are not the ones who failed by Jenica Rogers
- 2112.09.27. Just saying no by Kent Holsinger
- 2112.09.27. When you’re wrong on the message… by Walt Crawford
- 2112.09.27. American Chemical Society not winning any blogging friends these days by Jonathan Eisen
- 2112.09.27. Behind the Wood Shed with the ACS by David Kroll
- 2112.09.27. Stewardship, Librarianship, the ACS, and us by Catherine Pellegrino
- 2112.09.27. The American Chemical Society: Paving paradise to put up a parking lot by John Dupuis
- 2112.09.28. A small college cancels ACS journal subscriptions, and ACS doesn’t want to talk about it by Bonnie Swoger
- 2112.09.28. Hero, villain, poltroon, ignoramus, or bumbler? by The Library Loon
- 2112.09.28. Jenica Vs. The ACS Volcano by Andy Woodworth
- 2112.09.28. Librarians Vs. The ACS on Metafilter by Blake Carver
As usual, if I’ve missed anything or made any errors, please let me know in the comments or at jdupuis at yorku dot ca.
2012-10-01 08:40:50
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