What about Absolute Backorder, or even EBSCO's missing copy bank? There
used to be e-mail lists for the exchange of duplicates; maybe someone
has more information.
We have asked our subscription agents to buy single issues when it was
deemed necessary to do so. Maybe there could be a price limit, after
which it would be charged to the department.
-Jennifer
Jennifer van Sickle MLS
Serials Librarian/Sciences Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106
Phone: 860-297-2250
Fax: 860-297-2251
jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin, Amanda
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:18 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Buying single issues
If someone has found a better way to do this than contacting each
individual publisher, please share.
However, here's a sticker shock warning for purchasing single issues -
Blackwell and Elsevier can be pricey, as much as $200+ per issue for
certain titles.
Hope this is helpful.
Amanda Martin
Serials Coordinator
Research Information Center (RIC)
AARP Library
amartin@aarp.org
202-434-6245
FAX 202-434-6408
AARP
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20049
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Sandra Thomas
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:57 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Buying single issues
We have encountered a situation where a professor is requesting large
quantities of ILL from the same issue of different titles. We want to
look into buying these issues since he is just browsing these articles
rather than conducting serious research.
Is there somewhere we can go to do this or do we need to contact the
individual publishers?
I would appreciate any help offered.
Thanks,
Sandra Thomas
Serials/ILL Librarian
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library
1405 N. 4th Ave, PMB 4189
Durant, OK 74701-0609
