Hi Owen,

> * The idea of a 5 year agreement for the Freedom collection being a
> ‘Subscription’ in that at the end of the 5 year period you expect to negotiate a
> new deal with the same vendor for substantially the same content
> * The idea of a 5 year agreement for the Freedom collection being a
> ‘Subscription’ in that there are annual payments made over the course of the
> deal, and potentially the option to terminate the agreement early
> * The idea of a set of journals which are the ‘subscriptions’ in that this subset of
> content (often as part of a larger set of content you get as a result of your
> subscriptions) is what your payment is set against
> ...
> As a starting point - is this summary a good one - does it make sense, and do
> people agree that these are overlapping uses of ‘subscription’. If not, what is
> wrong here?
> Also are there other aspects of ‘subscription’ that I’ve missed

Thanks for your summary. Just one question: How would I "subscribe" to Free/Open Access resources? There will be no contract or payment and no subscription period.

Johann