Carefully check the table at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/
 
The Free Access column identifies any embargo and the Participation Level indicates whether the journal is full or less participation.

Free Access: says how soon after publication the journal's articles are made freely available. All articles in journal are Open Access means that all of the articles in the journal are available under a Creative Commons or similar distribution license. Some articles in journal are Open Access means that some of the articles in the journal are available under a Creative Commons or similar distribution license. See PMC Open Access Subset for more information.

Participation Level: indicates the type and level of participation in PMC. “Full” participation means the journal deposits all articles from each issue. “NIH Portfolio” journals deposit at least all NIH funded articles, but may not include all of the journal's articles. A “No longer published” journal has ceased publication, but the material that it deposited previously is still available. A “No longer participating” journal has simply stopped adding new material to PMC, although the material that it deposited previously is still available.

 

This is not an official duty, so this message is sent on my own time from my own email account, but my duty signature is:

J. Shore

Systems Librarian for MEDLINE
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda, MD
shorej@mail.nih.gov

 

 
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 1:59 PM
Subject: [SERIALST] PubMed Central archived journals - withdraw print?
 

Hi,

 

My library is undergoing the planning stages of a renovation and it looks like we’ll have to withdraw or store a lot of bound periodicals.

 

In looking at some of the longer periodical runs, I’m finding journals that say they’re in PubMed Central. For example, Biochemical Journal’s website says “Secure online archive and public deposit is available via PubMed Central (PMC)”.

 

Now my question is, would it be OK to withdraw the long print run, as we have done with many JSTOR-covered titles? Has anybody else faced this decision and if so, what information did you find and what conclusion did you come to?

 

Thanks,

 

Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

Tutt Library, Colorado College

diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu

(719) 389-6661

(719) 389-6082 (fax)

 

 

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