This practice has a very practical purpose - the essential point is to
restrict faculty from subscribing at the personal rate and donating
their copy to the library, thereby saving the library the exorbitant
subscription price.  I'm more surprised that BBA & Brain Research don't
have this restriction.  Maybe chemists are more likely to donate their
copies than biologists?

I'm more interested in asking a question about faculty subscribing to a
publication when the library already has an online subscription.  Any
idea why they want to do that?

Elsevier denying that possibility is probably due to their internal
division of their print fulfillment and ScienceDirect departments - the
two have little to do with each other.  I'm sure if you had your
ScienceDirect rep verify your online subscription, the faculty could
subscribe at the print rate.

John McDonald
Acquisitions Librarian
California Institute of Technology

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Elsevier 'associated' subscriptions -John Lucas

I deal with Elsevier as little as possible, but my opinion is that even
one title like this is too many, so it would not be blowing anything out
of proportion to point out this unfortunate practice.
Carol Morse

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>>> jlucas@ROWLAND.UMSMED.EDU 4/20/2005 6:47:22 AM >>>
I just have two quick questions about the Associated Subscriptions.

Does anyone know of other Elsevier titles besides Tetrahedron?

I have looked at 2 other Elsevier 'biggies'    BBA   and Brain
Research
and neither have Associated Subscriptions information.

Are we 'blowing' this situation out of proportion?

Just My Two Cents,

John Lucas

Serials Librarian
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State St
Jackson, MS 39216-4505

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