If you have a stable online version, and the print "comes with" as
part of one price, why even bother to get it?  I'd hope that a
publisher would offer a reduction in price for electronic only, as
compared to getting both.  But, if they don't, why not just toss them
as soon as they come in, just like you do with lots of other
unsolicited junk mail?  I'd also let the publisher know what I was
doing and that they're just wasting their money, and yours, by not
offering a pure electronic option.

cheers

dan

Thursday, July 18, 2002, 3:50:24 PM, you wrote:

YWZ> Hi:

YWZ> Are there any libraries considering not processing (i.i.e... checkin,
YWZ> cataloging, claiming, shelving and binding, etc.) paid print periodicals
YWZ> when online versions are available, cataloged and stable? This scenario
YWZ> seems to save time, labor and cost, but are there concerns related to such
YWZ> a practice? I would appreciate any thoughts or inputs you can give.

YWZ> Please response directly to me, not the list. Thanks very much!

YWZ> Yvonne Zhang
YWZ> Head, Bibliographic Access Services
YWZ> Univ. Library
YWZ> Cal Poly Pomona

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