A below would be useful for the members: http://www.alpsp.org/default.htm> Academic journal publishing trends A survey of 400 academic journal publishers found that: * 90 percent of the journals are now available online * A fifth of the publishers are experimenting with open access journals * 40 percent of publishers use previous print subscriptions as the base for pricing for bundles * Most publishers make agreements for either one year or three years * 91 percent of publishers make back volumes available online; 20 percent charge for access to back volumes * 42 percent have established formal arrangements for the long-term preservation of their journals * 83 percent require authors to transfer copyright in their articles to the publisher View news release http://www.alpsp.org/publications/SPP2press.pdf View executive summary http://www.alpsp.org/publications/SPP2summary.pdf View report description http://www.alpsp.org/publications/pub13.htm with regards P K Upadhyay http://mcitconsortium.nic.in