I
would like to add a side issue, but one I hope that publishers read. As we move
more content to these sites and platforms, our users and librarians are finding
it very difficult in most platforms to determine what we have access to. It is
not clearly identifiable on the Search Page or Publisher site that Institution
X has titles marked with a green key or other icon. Some of the smaller
publishers, like Cabell’s directories, and to some extent Elsevier on Science
Direct, map out what we have access to.
For
others, like Ingenta, Wiley Interscience, etc. it is a maze. Users see the login
and password box when really they could just start searching because of IP
authentication but the message is mixed.
Hmmm
maybe a standard for publisher web sites for institution-specific
subscriptions!
Connie
Foster
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From: SERIALST: Serials
in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of John
Lucas
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:53 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Advice on moving titles from print to electronic
I will try to put my thoughts in some understandable order:
Depending on the size of your library, the number of current
subscriptions, subject areas, and which types of patrons you serve are asking
for E only, if you have a substantial number of subscriptions, you might
consider converting over a number of years, concentrating on 1 or 2 major
publishers every year, and add some smaller/society publishers in other areas.
In this way, you can really focus in on what each publisher
agreement / site license is offering. (post-subscription access, annual
maintenance fees, P- Only versus E-Only rates, access to extra content
granted with current subscriptions [Taylor/Francis]). It also shows that you
not rushing to convert and worry about problems and regret the decisions
later. Start with publishers where you have the most subscriptions (or if
certain departments/individual Faculty is pushing) (Good Public Relations).
You might have to do a separate project and look at
subscription databases of journals (for us MD Consult [Elsevier] ; EbscoHost,
Ovid Packages). With some of these types of databases of journals, “You
Stop, You Lose Access”. So maybe you keep the Print copy as your archive, or
compare the cost of the most used titles in the subscription databases versus
purchasing E-Only through the publisher. [ statistics, AH, statistics]
Are you members of JSTOR or similar entities where you pay
for access to archives?
Until 2011, I was using this approach to evaluate the cost,
access, AND reviewed my perceptions of the reliability of the publisher’s
website before converting. As a medical institution, I also used PubMed Central
for converting to E-Only, titles that were being archived there, and
having our E subscriptions for non-archived coverage.
Some Publishers STILL charge more for E-Only over P-Only or
P+E. Some Society and small publishers still do not offer E only
Subscriptions. Some still insist on Institutions having
User/Passwords. I do not recall the specific title, but one small
publisher (w/ 1 title) stated that even if you had an E-Only subscription, if
you cancelled it at a later date, you would NOT have access to the subscribed
to content. [a Homer DUH !]
We are undergoing a forced reduction of space in the library
and our collection is being split. I had to look at EVERY Publisher and
subscribed to title to determine if we could go E-Only. There are some
publisher’s sites where I am leery of reliable access but still
converted. Other titles in these databases of journals, I am still
keeping in print (clinics of … North America in MDConsult = ScienceDirect) as
these titles are by a different division and not included in SD. However this
may change in the next few years.
My rule under this loss of space debacle was if the P-Only
versus E-Only Price was at least the same (or maybe a little more for IP versus
User/Password), then I converted to E only regardless of reliability. For
many titles we were initially given complementary E-access even though our
subscription was Print at the time. When their policy changed, we still
had access to those volumes.
We have converted an additional 376 titles to E only
for 2011 but still have about 400 unbound current journals where some other
factor(s) determined the continued use of P-Only (Amer. Chem. Soc.) or P+E.
Sorry for the length.\
With Best Regards,
John Lucas, Serials Librarian (until Oct. 22, then Ret. I’ll
miss the challenge)
Univ. Mississippi Medical Center, Rowland Library
From: SERIALST: Serials
in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher
Marcum
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:22 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Advice on moving titles from print to electronic
All responses to this question will be greatly appreciated.
Our library is working to eliminate duplicate coverage of serials
titles that we may have in both print and electronic formats. We want to
replace print coverage with electronic coverage whenever possible.
1. I am wondering if anyone out there may have done a similar
project in the past and if so, what advice you may have on how to successfully
complete such an inventory?
2. Post-subscription coverage of electronic titles (perpetual
access) is a major concern. So, I am also wondering if anyone has any
advice on how to go about deciding what titles to keep in print and which ones
to keep in electronic format?
Thank you very much!
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