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Subject: Radiology: Supplement to v. 215 June 2000
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:20:24 -0500
From: John Lucas <jlucas@rowland.umsmed.edu>

Posted to BacMed and Serialist

I received this e-mail through our reference librarian who subscribes to
MedLib. I have not yet seen this on these lists.

After reading this message, I also contacted ACR and after talking with
(Publications/Sales; CD-ROMS, Books and Other Publications) eventually
found that they are selling it for $ 160.00 for non members with the
CD-ROM Version for non-members at $ 40.00  This is OVER 1500 PAGES.

http://www.acr.org/f

You can try and purchase it OR you might contact one of your
Faculty/Staff Physicians who are members and ask them if they would like
to donate their copy to the library as a permanent archive. (a donation
plate inside would look great to them)

Or if they don't want to give it up, ask one to tape a note to the
volume to send to the library when no longer wanted.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE
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Folks, I think this is kind of strange.  I received an interlibrary loan
for
an article cited as below:
"Radiology. 215 Suppl:761-4, 2000 Jun."  for the "ACR Appropriateness
Criteria".  I didn't see it with my issues so I thought I might have
missed
it somehow so I double-checked my serials software--no, I hadn't
received
it.
        So, I went online to the journal web site and didn't see it
listed
there.  I double-checked Medline which still showed it.  So I called the
Radiological Society of North America to ask about this.  They say this
was
something that ACR gave them to mail out to the ACR members so I
wouldn't
receive it with my subscription.  I asked how I would get a copy since
Medline was showing it as a supplement and was told I had to contact ACR
since it wasn't really a part of my Radiology subscription and that is
why
it didn't appear in the electronic version of the journal.  I explained
that
I serve radiologists on staff and needed it since it was shown as part
of
the subscription.  She was polite but no help at all.
        I then went on the ACR web site (which is great by the way)
where I
was able to find the Appropriateness Criteria and was able to print out
the
few pages to fill the ILL. BUT...since when is this a supplement?  How
am I
going to explain now and for the next 20 years that this "supplement"
isn't
really a supplement?  I'm going to see if I can see if I can get a copy
of
this from ACR or otherwise I'll have to try to figure out how to include
this with my Radiology issues since I know I'll get asked for it again
and
again.  AND, how about when it changes and someone in the future, long
after
it is replaced on the website, asks for this "supplement" when they want
to
compare the old criteria with the new--a very likely question to come
up.
How have the rest of you handled this or did you by chance get a copy of
this with Radiology and I missed it somehow? Joy

Joy Kennedy, MLS
Health Resource Library
Northwest Community Healthcare
800 W. Central Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2392
Phone: 847/618-5180; FAX: 847/618-5189
email: j1kennedy@nch.org

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John Lucas

Serials Librarian
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State St
Jackson, MS 39216-4505

(PH) (601) 984-1277
(FAX)  ( 601) 984-1262