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Subject: Re: Elsevier Trends Journals... -- Buddy Pennington
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:37:39 -0500
From: David Goodman <dgoodman@phoenix.princeton.edu>

I do not consider binding the monthly issues unacceptable as an archival
method. The quality isnt worse than many other bound paper journals.
Personally, I prefer electronic to paper for archival purposes. That
presumably either marks me as an insane optimist, or someone ahead of
his
time.
 I think it was absurd to make
libraries pay more to receive two copies of the same journal originally,
(after all how many other journals do we get in two copies, one unbound
and one prebound) and dropping the duplicate publication is one of
the few recent moves by Elsevier that I approve of.

David Goodman, Princeton University Biology Library
dgoodman@princeton.edu            609-258-3235

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Elsevier Trends Journals...
> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:46:15 -0600
> From: "Pennington, Buddy" <buddy.pennington@ROCKHURST.EDU>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> How are you dealing with the cessation of the compendia/reference
> volumes to
> the Trends journals without a subsequent discount in the subscription
> price?
> Without the reference volume (which we retain), we will need to either
> bind
> the paper issues or get it on microfiche (if that is possible).  Not
> only
> are we losing something and paying the same price as before, we are
> forced
> to pay more to retain it in an acceptable archival format.
>
> How many of you out there have expressed your feelings to Elsevier about
> this and how can I do it most effectively?  Also, are there any
> libraries
> out there considering canceling any of these titles because of this
> issue?
>
> Buddy Pennington
> Acquisitions/Serials Librarian
> Rockhurst University Greenlease Library
> buddy.pennington@rockhurst.edu
> #816-501-4143
>