Hmmm, I'm intrigued. Has anyone had any experience with Serial Hive?

Allison P. Mays
Acquisitions/Serials Librarian
Millsaps College
1701 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39210
601-974-1083
maysap@millsaps.edu

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From: Marshall, Susan [mailto:smarshall@MONTANA.EDU]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:20 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] New to list - looking for input on Subscrition
Ven dors

Mary,

 Serial Hive is a subscription agency that handles small to mid-sized
collections and is worth your inquiry. Their website is
http://www.serialhive.com/ While we do not subscribe to their services,
I have found Mark Bazzetta,the managing director, to be personable,
detailed and very interested in representing the specific needs of his
customers. He can be reached at 773-244-2487.

Sue Marshall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59715

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Sent: 4/23/2004 1:36 PM
Subject: [SERIALST] New to list - looking for input on Subscrition
Vendors

According to my job title, I am no longer a librarian, but those roots
run deep and I need to resolve what I see as information management
problems. I have been with this organization for a couple months. There
is no formal library, but there is a room where people are supposed to
shelve periodicals they receive - some do, some don't. I have proposed
that we look at using a subscription agency to manage the subscriptions
so there is at least a formal inventory of who gets what. I think there
will be some savings in terms of 1) less use of document delivery
services if people can find what they need in house, 2) fewer POs/Check
Requests for accounting to handle and process, 3) potential discounts. I
am in the first stages of looking into this so do not have a list of
publications. We will possibly be looking at converting some print into
institutional electronic subscriptions.  I know there are a lot of very
technical medical journals (Blood, Biology of Blood and Marrow
Transplantation, Current Opinions in Oncology...) as well as some more
mainstream publications.

I have searched SERIALST from Jan 2003 to date for information and found
some good information including find Rolo Turner's "Criteria for
Selecting a Subscription Agent. I also learned about the Faxon
bancruptcy (they were my vendor in the late 1980s). It has been 10 years
since I have managed subscriptions through an agency. In the past, I've
used Faxon, EBSCO and Readmore. Who should I be looking at? Any plusses
or minuses for any specific vendors? What are current fees? Anything I
should specifically look for in a vendor?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Mary Senneka
Business Development & Market Research Manager
National Marrow Donor Program

3001 Broadway St. NE Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN  55413

612.627.8152
msenneka@nmdp.org