The ASCB's director of publications posted the following to the Yale University Library's Liblicense-L discussion list.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is considering discontinuing the print version of its journal Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBC). We welcome comments from the library community about the value of print journals and the adequacy of LOCKSS, Portico, and PubMed Central as archives of electronic journals. We are also curious about whether librarians would be interested in a print-on-demand option for obtaining archival print copies if regular print subscriptions were discontinued.
There has a fair amount of discussion about moving scientific journals from print to online. This is an area to keep an eye on.
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