-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Paper + online access -- Barbara Rauch
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:09:18 -0400
From: David Goodman <dgoodman@princeton.edu>
Reply-To: dgoodman@princeton.edu
Organization: Princeton University Biology Library

There is no good way at all,
at least none that we have found. Your note summarizes the problems very
well.

Others have reported success with special service arrangments from
various agents,
who claim to be able to manage the complexities involved.

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Paper + online access
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:24:01 +1300
> From: Barbara Rauch <barbara.rauch@AUT.AC.NZ>
>
> Does anyone have a simple, quick and straightforward process for
> setting up access to the free web version which some publishers are
> offering with their paper titles.
>
> For example it's easy enough to register with a gateway like
> Catchword but not so easy to activate titles online which you have
> purchased through a sub.agent.
>
> If you consolidate your serials through an agent, you don't get to
> see the mailing label with your sub. no. on it.
>
> Do you leave your serial agent to deal with it? In my experience that
> is not a quick method.
> Does your serial agent know your sub. no. without having to contact
> the publisher? Again not the quickest method.
> Do you perhaps set up both the paper and the online versions directly
> with the publisher and treat these as 'different' to the norm - costly
> !.
>
> I'd appreciate some comments from the list.
> Thanks
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Rauch
> Acquisitions Librarian
> Auckland University of Technology
> Private Bag 92006
> Auckland 1020, New Zealand
>
> Ph: (09) 917 9999 ex 8874
> Fx: (09) 917 9977
> barbara.rauch@aut.ac.nz

--
David Goodman
Biology Librarian
and Co-chair, Electronic Journals Task force
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
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