[GOAL] An un-necessary transfer of wealth to publishers?

[Dana Roth]

>From Physics World (January issue, p.8, not yet online)

"Some 5K papers a year in particle physics will become immediately free to read online ...

SCOAP3 will be using 'library' funds to the tune of $1800/article for Phys. Lett. B and 1200 GBP/article for New J. Phys. ..."

If my math is correct 5K x $1.8K = $9M ...

Won't these papers also be available on arXiv?   If so, I would rather send some those $$$ to Cornell to insure arXiv's continued viability.

Dana L. Roth
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