Re: Policy Studies Organization Beverly Butler 02 Jul 2002 17:07 UTC

Which titles have been discontinued?  We also have this "membership?"

At 10:55 AM 7/2/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Our 2002 renewal for this "membership" was a combination subscription for
>six quarterly journals and one semi-annual title: Policy Studies Journal;
>Policy Studies Review; Policy Evaluation; Developmental Policy Studies;
>Creativity Plus; Peace, Prosperity and Democracy; and MKM-PSO-DSI.  This was
>offered as a package only.  The publisher calculated the "value" of each
>title and advised that the package price of $340 was a savings over the
>usual cost of $425.
>
>Our agent has advised that effective January 2002 four of the titles were
>discontinued but the publisher will not issue a refund for the "value" of
>the unfilled subscription that we were obliged to take.  Where's the
>"value"?
>
>Is anyone else trying to deal with this problem and having any success
>dealing with this organization?  Seems like this was a bait-and-switch
>tactic, which places this 2003 renewal on my "consider for cancelation"
>list.
>
>Martha Spicuzza
>Technical Services Librarian/Serials
>Hillsdale College Mossey Library
>517-437-7341 ext. 2405