Thanks to everyone who replied to my query yesterday.  I guess it touched a
nerve, because there have been a lot of replies!  It seems as though most
folks are of the same opinion, that it doesn't serve us very well and seems
to be a waste of time and resources.

I did have a call from Linda at EBSCO yesterday afternoon, and she said
that they are not the ones paying for this, but that the publisher had
requested a list.  I noticed that we are all getting the same magazines -
YM, Fitness, ESPN, and so on.  EBSCO will cancel any subscriptions if you
send them the address label.

My worry is that these title will somehow end up on the Annual Renewal list
next summer, since they are in the database, and that is when the cost will
come home to us.  Guess we'll all just have to watch.

Again, thanks for all the replies.  It reassured me to see that I wasn't
being as *ungrateful* as refusing a gift made me feel.

Karen

Karen M. Chobot, MS, MLS
Reference/Serials Librarian
Mildred Johnson Library
North Dakota State College of Science
800 N. 6th St.
Wahpeton ND 58076
701/671-2385

"I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and
outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life."  Sherlock
Holmes, in "The Red-Headed League."