* Apologies for cross-posting *

I'm writing an article on archival/perpetual access to cancelled e-journals and I'd like to hear your opinions, policies and practices regarding this subject.

- How important is archival access to you when deciding whether or not to subscribe to e-journals?

- Do you require archival access as part of your license agreement for e-journals? If not, did you make a conscious decision not to require it, or has the issue just not come up?

- When subscribing to e-journals, do you also subscribe to the print version so as to have an archive of the title, in case you have to cancel the subscription?

- Do you currently have archival access to e-journals you’ve cancelled? What format is the access – e.g. online, CD-ROM, tapes? How’s that working for you?

- If you completely lost access to any e-journals due to cancellation, did your patrons complain about the lack of archival access?

- Are you using LOCKSS? If so, is it hard to get vendors to allow you to use it to archive their content? Have you used it to access cancelled e-journals?

- I haven’t seen much written on this topic recently. Have you seen any articles on archival/perpetual access that you would recommend?

I’d really appreciate it if you could contact me with your comments and input at jwatso21@utmem.edu. I’ll be happy to summarize the results for the list.

Thanks for your help.

Jennifer Watson
Electronic Services Librarian
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
jwatso21@utmem.edu

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