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From: "Deb Ham" <dldham@creighton.edu>
Subject: 4 discontinued titles
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:58:18 -0500

The titles that have been discontinued are:

Policy Evaluation
Developmental Policy Studies
Creativity Plus
Peace, Prosperity and Democracy

Deb Ham
Serials Associate
Reinert Alumni Memorial Library
Creighton University
dldham@creighton.edu

Deb Ham
Serials Associate
Reinert Alumni Memorial Library
dldham@creighton.edu

Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
402-280-1802 (phone)
402-280-2435 (fax)

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From: "Peter Picerno" <ppicerno@nova.edu>
Subject: RE: Policy Studies Organization
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:13:11 -0400

A quick look at the website for the PSO is interesting. Among the statements
on their homepage: "Renew Your PSO Membership Nearly 2000 pages of the
latest policy studies scholarship for less than the price of one book. ...
Subscriptions right now are $60 a year for individuals and $340 for
libraries and institutions ... A subscription to the Policy Studies
Organization includes subscriptions to Policy Studies Journal and the Review
of Policy Research ..."
Apparently the 'value' of the two titles is now enough to cover for the
previous six titles, and the 'value' of these titles happens to equal
institutional membership!!

Looks like all but the two titles mentioned in the blurb no longer exist
(Policy Studies Journal and Review of Policy Research). Has anyone gotten
the Spring 02 issue of Policy Studies Review? Ours was never received.

Peter Picerno

Dr. Peter V. Picerno
Acquisitions and Serials Librarian
Nova Southeastern University Libraries
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale   FL   33314
(954) 262-4662
FAX (954) 262-3946

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Beverly Butler
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:07 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Policy Studies Organization

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