Jill,
There was extensive discussion about Nature earlier this year on the
liblicense listserv.  I believe their archive can be searched at
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/ .

Good luck in your negotiations!
Kristi

Kristina DeShazo
Electronic Serials Librarian
Oregon Health & Science University
Mailcode: LIB
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>>> Jill.Emery@MAIL.UH.EDU 11/17/2004 3:36:34 PM >>>

The UH Libraries have just received our renewal for the Nature monthly
titles and I have to say after last year's 45% sticker shock increases,
I thought I was jaded enough to not get riled up this year. Boy, was I
wrong. So I have a couple of questions.

1. Has anyone managed to arrange contract terms with Nature Publishing
Group that locks them into a set percentage price cap? If so, does
anyone care to share their secrets of negotiation as best you can
without breaching their confidentiality agreement.

2. How many other libraries are considering cancelling their
subscriptions to these titles?

Thanks,