We checked into this and learned that it is limited to colleges with
<$50,000 in Elsevier subscriptions.  It is based on your previous year's
subscriptions, so you can't cancel in order to sign up.

-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 Laura Vogler
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:09 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Elsevier - ScienceDirect College Editions

I have a question about Elsevier's ScienceDirect College
Editions.  We are seriously considering going this route.  Has anyone
subscribed to the College Editions and as a result cancelled the
print subscriptions that are included in the subject area to which
they subscribe?  I realize that archival rights are not
included.  Has anyone switched from the ScienceDirect Complete to the
College Edition option?  Are you (and/or your faculty) pleased with
the content of College Editions?  I don't know why this offer seems
too good to be true.  I'm just so used to titles from Elsevier being
so expensive that the price seems unbelievably reasonable.  Any
thoughts or opinions?

Laura

Laura Vogler
Serials Manager & Reference Assistant
Wabash College Lilly Library
301 W Wabash Ave, PO Box 352
Crawfordsville IN  47933