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Stephen Downes

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It is almost a cliche to point out how much more people would prefer to read a print journal than an electronic version. Now it may be wrong as well. Check out the first table in this article that shows a clear migration to electronic journals. Also worth noting that even at today's scandalous prices for electronic subscriptions, the cost per use is significantly lower for the electronic format. This is only a single case study, but I suspect that results from other libraries will be the same.

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