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Subject:  RE: Paper cancellations? -- Mia Brazill
From:  "Holman Jenifer S" <holman.jeni@uwlax.edu>
Date:  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:37:16 -0500

We've canceled our paper subscriptions for Project Muse titles and have
no regrets.  There have been one or two instances where Project Muse has
lost titles to another publisher, but we have been able to subscribe to
the electronic version of those titles through the new publisher.

Project Muse has proved to be very stable for us and we have gotten no
negative feedback from faculty.  I would add, though, that we are
generally wary of replacing print subscriptions with electronic access;
we are in the process of creating a core print collection that will
(hopefully )never be replaced by electronic access.

Good luck with your decision!

Jenifer Holman

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Jenifer S. Holman
Acquisitions Librarian
Murphy Library
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
1631 Pine St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
email: holman.jeni@uwlax.edu phone: 608-785-8395
fax: 608-785-8634
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/ -----Original Message-----

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Subject:  RE: Paper cancellations? -- Mia Brazill
From:  "Skwor, Jeanette" <skworj@uwgb.edu>
Date:  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:40:34 -0500

Please post to the list.

Jeanette L. Skwor
Cofrin Library, Serials Dept.
University of WI - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
(920) 465-2670

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Subject:  Re: Paper cancellations? -- Mia Brazill
From:  Janice Ouellette <jouellette@fsc.edu>
Date:  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:09:35 -0400

Hi all -
Since this is a recurrimg concern, can replies be to this list?

Many thanks-
Jan Ouellette

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Subject:  Paper cancellations?
From:  "Mia Brazill" <MBRAZILL@email.smith.edu>
Date:  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:07:34 -0400

Greetings,I just joined rejoined this list two minutes ago after an
absence of a couple of years.  I need you help.  I would appreciate
hearing from people who have canceled paper for Project Muse and such
publisher collections as Oxford University Press.  Have you had any
problems, do you have any regrets about this move?  I am specifically
concerned with the possibility that certain content, i.e., book reviews,
may be missing from the online versions.  Have there been incidents
where this has been the case?  We generally have been comfortable, if
not happy, letting paper go in the sciences, but there is resistance in
the social sciences and humanities.  We have all kinds of positive
things to say about why we need to do this and the advantages of online,
but we don't have answers for the negatives (missing content, archiving
concerns, loss of browsability, etc.).  Any insights, experiences,
advice, are appreciated.Regards,
Mia

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Mia Brazill, Coordinator
   Collection Development/Acquisitions
   Smith College Libraries, Northampton, MA 01063-0001
   tel: 413 585-2922; fax: 413 585-2968;  mbrazill@smith.edu
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