Just this month, we had received the same notice for the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. Our option is to subscribe online. So far our subscriptions to the Sunday only edition of the New York Times and one to the Wall Street Journal appear safe. They would especially be missed by our readers. Marcia Atilano Public Services Librarian Downs-Jones Library Huston-Tillotson University 900 Chicon Austin, Texas 78702 512.505.3088 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of SERIALST automatic digest system Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:00 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: SERIALST Digest - 19 Apr 2008 to 21 Apr 2008 (#2008-80) There are 5 messages totalling 293 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Pubmed users 2. Daily Newspapers (3) 3. NASIG Preconference: Emerging Trends, 2.0, and Libraries (Cory Tucker) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:49:10 -0500 From: "O'Brien, Pamela" <Pamela.O'Brien@STJUDE.ORG> Subject: Pubmed users Pubmed recently revised their Linkout portion of the site and I noticed tha= t I have to enter my user name and password for each Linkout session and it= can no longer be saved to my computer as it was in the past. I wrote to N= CBI about this and they responded that "regulations do not allow us to set = up a persistent cookie". NCBI assigns a cryptic UN and PW which is bothersome to remember. Could there really be a regulation regarding saving a user name and passwor= d on one's personal computer to update serials' holdings records? Is updati= ng serials' holdings really that covert of an operation that we can't save = this from session to session? Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks! Pamela L. O'Brien Library Assistant Biomedical Library St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 901-495-3389 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:13:01 -0500 From: Holman Jenifer S <holman.jeni@UWLAX.EDU> Subject: Daily Newspapers We just received word that many of our newspapers delivered daily are no longer available. The delivery service says that the major newspaper companies can no longer afford to transport papers to smaller markets. Our only option will be to subscribe to newspapers via mail delivery, meaning that our users who like to come in first thing in the morning and read the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune will no longer be able to do so. =20 I wonder if other libraries are experiencing similar problems with newspaper delivery? Will you continue with mail delivery? Or are you canceling print newspapers and relying on the online versions? =20 Jen Holman =20 =20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jenifer Holman =20 Acquisitions Librarian Murphy Library University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1631 Pine St. La Crosse, WI 54601 phone: 608-785-8395 fax: 608-785-8639 email: holman.jeni@uwlax.edu http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/ <http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/> =20 =20 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:18:32 -0400 From: "van Sickle, Jennifer" <Jennifer.vanSickle@TRINCOLL.EDU> Subject: Re: Daily Newspapers We have not yet experienced this problem, though it's not surprising given the price of gas and the dire state of the newspaper industry. We have cancelled many newspapers due to cost and lack of use in print. For US newspapers, our NYT is heavily read in print; we also have the local Hartford Courant and the WSJ. Otherwise, yes, students and faculty are mostly using the online versions, either direct or via aggregators. Jennifer van Sickle Serials Librarian & Sciences Coordinator Trinity College Library 300 Summit St. Hartford, CT USA 06106 =20 jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu =20 phone: 860-297-2250 fax: 860-297-2251 =20 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Holman Jenifer S Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:13 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Daily Newspapers We just received word that many of our newspapers delivered daily are no longer available. The delivery service says that the major newspaper companies can no longer afford to transport papers to smaller markets. Our only option will be to subscribe to newspapers via mail delivery, meaning that our users who like to come in first thing in the morning and read the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune will no longer be able to do so. =20 I wonder if other libraries are experiencing similar problems with newspaper delivery? Will you continue with mail delivery? Or are you canceling print newspapers and relying on the online versions? =20 Jen Holman =20 =20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jenifer Holman =20 Acquisitions Librarian Murphy Library University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1631 Pine St. La Crosse, WI 54601 phone: 608-785-8395 fax: 608-785-8639 email: holman.jeni@uwlax.edu http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/ <http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/> =20 =20 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:50:59 -0500 From: Karen Chobot <karen.chobot@NDSCS.NODAK.EDU> Subject: Re: Daily Newspapers We have used mail delivery for several years since we have always been too small for direct delivery. Our patrons are totally used to it for our regional papers, so it isn't a problem. We have several of the larger papers online but it is hard to tell who uses those. I suppose some of the older people would prefer a printed paper, I know that is largely who uses our mailed copies. Of course, we are an academic so that may make a difference. I bought the Chronicle site license and forward the daily update to the faculty. Some of them have also got their daily updates to their own e-mail addresses, and getting that seems to push me (at any rate) into looking at the full issue. Hope that helps, Karen Karen M. Chobot, MLS Director, Mildred Johnson Library North Dakota State College of Science 800 6th St. N. Wahpeton ND 58076 701-671-2385 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Holman Jenifer S Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:13 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Daily Newspapers We just received word that many of our newspapers delivered daily are no longer available. The delivery service says that the major newspaper companies can no longer afford to transport papers to smaller markets. Our only option will be to subscribe to newspapers via mail delivery, meaning that our users who like to come in first thing in the morning and read the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune will no longer be able to do so. I wonder if other libraries are experiencing similar problems with newspaper delivery? Will you continue with mail delivery? Or are you canceling print newspapers and relying on the online versions? Jen Holman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jenifer Holman Acquisitions Librarian Murphy Library University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1631 Pine St. La Crosse, WI 54601 phone: 608-785-8395 fax: 608-785-8639 email: holman.jeni@uwlax.edu http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/ <http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:56 -0400 From: Bob Persing <persing@POBOX.UPENN.EDU> Subject: NASIG Preconference: Emerging Trends, 2.0, and Libraries (Cory Tucker) From: Cory Tucker (cory.tucker@unlv.edu) To: SERIALST Re: NASIG Pre-Conference Announcement Date: 4/21/08 12:00 PM This announcement is being posted to several discussion lists--please excuse any duplication. Emerging Trends, 2.0, and Libraries A North American Serials Interest Group Pre-conference As the generation raised on the Web comes of age, social networking is becoming ever more important. Libraries will need to be part of this movement in order to connect with today's library patrons. For instance, has your library discussed creating a Flickr account? A MySpace teensite? Creating a blog? Come hear about the new technologies that will help your library stay at the front of these important developments. Date: June 5, 2008 Time: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Place: Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, Arizona; room TBA Cost: NASIG member: $75, Nonmember: $100 Presenter: David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library David is a frequent speaker at library technology conferences and has written widely on technology issues for library publications. Known for his laid-back, enthusiastic approach, he is able to make complex technology topics understandable to novices. At the same time, he never loses sight of the need to keep a user-centered focus. At this pre-conference, he discusses the current social networking transformation taking place and applies those changes to a library setting. David will then discuss the changes a library needs to make to meet and take part in our new online, participatory world. Thank you, Cory Cory Tucker Head of Collection Management University of Nevada, Las Vegas Phone: (702)895-2133 Fax: (702)895-2284 Email: cory.tucker@unlv.edu "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go" -- Oscar Wilde ------------------------------ End of SERIALST Digest - 19 Apr 2008 to 21 Apr 2008 (#2008-80) **************************************************************
