[visionrehabtherapist] Re: A Message from AFB regarding JVIB
- From: Maduffy@xxxxxxx
- To: penny.reeder@xxxxxxxxx, visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:08:51 EDT
Hi Penny:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. In terms of the fee structure, here is
the statement from AFB.:
"Effective immediately, AFB Press will offer all professionals a new $25
individual subscription fee for online access to the Journal of Visual
Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) and $65 for a combined print and online
subscription."
It's my interpretation that everyone will pay $25 for online access if
deciding to subscribe. People who want a print version, in addition to the
online version, would pay an extra $40.
Maureen
In a message dated 4/29/2009 2:56:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
penny.reeder@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I have been mulling over the various announcements on this topic and
finally cannot contain myself any longer.
First, let me say that although I have been a member of AER from time to
time over the years since I have been involved as a professional, and a
consumer, in the blindness field, I am not currently a member. When I worked
for the state, the state I worked for would not cover my membership in AER
and their salary was so minimal, I felt that I could not afford the cost of
membership. I have been meaning to join since I believe my current
employer will cover the cost of member,ship, but now I am not going to bother,
because, really, what tangible benefit of membership would there be for me? I
have always felt that the most useful and tangible membership benefit was
my access to JVIB, which is the premier professional journal in the field.
If I cannot rely on AER to provide my accessible subscription to JVIB,
then why should I join?
Now for AFB's decision to charge me for online access to the journal, as
usual, AFB does not understand the concept of equal access! Why should I
have to pay more for accessing JVIB online than a print subscriber would pay
for a print subscription to JVIB? If I am misunderstanding this fee
structure, please enlighten me, but if I am not, and AFB is charging a
separate
(unequal) fee for online subscribers to JVIB, then they are not
understanding one of the key concepts for which they profess to advocate!
In addition, I want to poit out that it is much cheaper to distribute a
publication online than it would be to pay for printing, brailling, or even
making available on cd and mailing. An online subscription should be
*cheaper than a print or braille or other-than-online format subscription!
Thank you for allowing me to express my opinions, and if I am
misinterpreting either of these recent announcements, I hope that someone will
help me
to "see the light."
Penny Reeder
At 12:54 PM 4/29/2009, Maduffy@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hello Listers:
As a VRT and as an Associate Editor of JVIB, I'd like to share this
information with you, as a follow-up to the recent announcement by the AER
Board
of Directors to suspend the online JVIB subscription as an AER member
benefit. To follow this discussion and to share any feedback you might have, I
suggest you post your comments to the AER Listserv, where they will reach
the appropriate audience.
An Important Message from the American Foundation for the Blind:
Effective immediately, AFB Press will offer all professionals a new $25
individual subscription fee for online access to the Journal of Visual
Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) and $65 for a combined print and online
subscription. To allow for a new subscription process to be put in place
following the
AER decision to terminate JVIB as a member benefit, AFB Press will provide
continuous access to JVIB during the months of April and May to our
readership. Readers can log on using the generic "AER, AER" user name and
password.
During the month of May, JVIB's readership will be invited to join the
JVIB community by contacting AFB Press directly and taking advantage of the
new, reduced subscription rates for individual subscribers. At that time, AFB
Press will provide additional information about how readers can formally
sign up for their new subscriptions. In the meantime, please contact
afbpress@xxxxxxx with any questions you might have.
AER members who have print add-on subscriptions to the journal will be
receiving their April print issue in the mail. Questions about your AER
membership or the JVIB add-on print subscription arranged by AER should be
addressed to the AER office directly.
Thank you for your support of JVIB, and we look forward to continuing our
relationship with you, our valued readers.
The Editors
and
AFB Press
Maureen A. Duffy, CVRT
Editorial Director
AWARE (Associates for World Action in Rehabilitation & Education)
Phone: 914-528-5120
E-mail: maureen.duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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