Re: BioMed Central and new publishing models

From: Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator <owner-LISTSERV_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:07:25 -0500

Fytton Rowland wrote:
> It says below that the services of BioMed Central will be free of charge.
> How will it cover its costs?
>
It covers its costs many times over if it saves significant money on
library budgets partly covered by NIH grants. This was a bit more
explicit in Harold Varmus' initial proposal - it's about saving system
costs. BioMed Central won't cost all that much to set up or operate
anyway.
Received on Mon Jan 24 2000 - 19:17:43 GMT