In terms of your point that the subscription model is becoming unsustainable as a result of sci-hub, I wonder if that is really true? We have had sci-hub now for nearly six years and yet we still have pretty widespread subscriptions (apart from a few specific regional disputes with certain publishers).
Presumably this is due to the reluctance of librarians to sanction the use of illegal resources and cancel their subscriptions accordingly? Or maybe that (despite the Streisand Effect) sci-hub is still not all that widely known amongst researchers.
I’d be interested in your thoughts on that.
In terms of your point that the subscription model is becoming unsustainable as a result of sci-hub, I wonder if that is really true? We have had sci-hub now for nearly six years and yet we still have pretty widespread subscriptions (apart from a few specific regional disputes with certain publishers).
Presumably this is due to the reluctance of librarians to sanction the use of illegal resources and cancel their subscriptions accordingly? Or maybe that (despite the Streisand Effect) sci-hub is still not all that widely known amongst researchers.
I’d be interested in your thoughts on that.