Good morning,

We have tended not to renew print newsletters that have moved to email.
There are many, however, that have become password based web-resources but
they  must be authenticated within the Institution. If there is a way in
your catalog to create a link from the catalog record to a "Password Protected
 Electronic Resources page", that page provides the user with the login
and password to the resource. They must, however, be authenticated through
the proxy server before they can reach the page. Of course IP recognition
is preferable but  we have found that this can be a work-around when it is
not available.

Lorraine Hirning
Serials Technician
Athabasca University Library
1 University Drive
Athabasca AB  T9S 3A3

780-675-6265

"Those who dare to dream can make a dream come true"

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Mary Bailey wrote:

> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:09:19 -0600
> From: Mary Bailey <redhead@KSU.EDU>
> Reply-To: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
>     <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Print newsletters moving to e-mail
>
> I wish I could cancel them.  But  it is not only newsletters.
>
> International Congress Calendar - sent PDF files of 4 issues
> over 100 pages each.  We are supposed to print out for our
> patrons use.  That means binding before use, etc.
>
> Accents online - used to come as an e-mail.  I printed it out
> and sent it to the reading room.  Now it is in html.  How do you
> make this available on the university level?  We forward it to a
> subject librarian who forwards it to her faculty and students
> never even see it.
>
> Five owls - sends an e-mail that the newest edition is online.
> I have to use a password to download and print it for student
> use.
>
> I could go on, but you all know the problems.  Does anyone have
> answers?  I have spoken to a some of these places asking if they
> would consider setting up web IP access  or other ideas and
> gotten very few "positive" responses.
>
>
> --Mary
>
> Mary E. Bailey
> Serials Librarian
> 509 Hale
> Kansas State University Libraries
> Manhattan, KS 66506-1200
>
> Voice:  (785) 532-0678
> Fax:  (785) 532-7644
> e-mail:  redhead@ksu.edu
>
> >>> CSmit@ALBANYLAW.EDU 1/30/2007 2:46:38 PM >>>
>
> We've been cancelling these subscriptions.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Colleen E. Smith
> Head of Technical Services
> Albany Law School
> Albany, New York
> csmit@albanylaw.edu
> (518) 445-2341
>
> >>> sl24@TXSTATE.EDU 1/30/2007 2:48:55 PM >>>
> We are noticing a trend of some smaller print newsletters
> moving to e-mail
> distribution only.
>
> So far we have seen three varieties:
>
> Aviso (0739-7747)* email links to a web-version.  Libraries are
> authorized to
> post the electronic version, or print out the entire
> newsletter.
>
> State Capitals Newsletter- (0016-1705) .pdf will be emailed.
> Printing is limited
> to 5 copies.  Specifies: "do not forward email outside of
> subscriber's
> organization"
>
> WEF highlights (1087-3384) * a link to electronic newsletter
> will be emailed
> out for each issue.  We don't have details yet, but it appears
> you have to
> have to log in on the website. Unkown whether the newsletter
> can be easily
> printed.  We have been unsucessful in contacting the publisher
> to provide
> them an email address as instructed.
>
> Are others noticing this trend?
> If so how are you handling this?
>
> - Cancelling the subscription?
> - Printing out the newsletter?
> - Posting the newsletter on a local server?
> - Forwarding the newsletter to interested parties?
> - Other
>
> Curiously, we have not yet received anything from the
> publishers since we
> provided them with an email address.
>
> If you choose, you may reply off list to sl24@txstate.edu
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stephanie Larrison
> Serials Acquisition Librarian
> Texas State University - San Marcos
>

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