I was advised yesterday by TF Informa Customer Service to hold off on trying to determine our actual access, just to leave our holdings as they were with Haworth for the time being.  I don't think a final policy is in place yet.  The overall gratis access is a nice way of saving themselves and us wear and tear during the transition of helping them clean up the records they received from Haworth and figuring this out.  We have always had difficulty with Haworth titles so I think that once the transition is accomplished the care and feeding of these titles via TF Informa will be much better for us.

Best wishes--
Alice

Alice Gormley
Serials Librarian
Marquette University
Raynor Memorial Libraries

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Edwards, Laura
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld

You can browse the journal list at Informaworld to see what titles your institution has access to. The journal list in Informaworld has icons next to those titles that your institution subscribes to, including those Haworth titles that were transferred.  The icons vary in color depending on the type of access you have (full or partial).  This is the way I found out whether we had been given access to the Haworth titles that we subscribed to.

We have access to most of our Haworth titles, and I notified Informaworld about those titles where our subscriptions did not seem to transfer from Haworth to Informaworld.

Laura Edwards
Electronic Resources Access Librarian
Liaison to the Departments of English and Economics
Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
laura.edwards@eku.edu
859.622.1783

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Rais, Shirley (LLU)
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:51 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld

I had the same question--how can I verify my access rights if everything
is free! I contacted support@informaworld.com and heard back within 24
hours.   Here's the relevant part of their reply:

"Thank  you for your email, the Haworth journals are free of charge up
until the 22/1/2009. Once the free access is cancelled you should get
the access to your Haworth subscriptions.

Please forward a list of your Haworth subscriptions and we can check
that  these are linked into the main account correctly to that you do
not have a problem with your access once the gratis access is cancelled.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us. Be
sure to mention your account ID in all correspondence with us."

I sent them a list today showing my current Haworth access.

Shirley Rais, MLS
Chair, Serials & Electronic Resources Dept.
Loma Linda University Libraries

Ph: 909-558-4583
Fx: 909-558-4919
srais@llu.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of John H Reidelbach
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:29 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld

Did I miss an announcement from Informaworld about some sort of free
access period for some of their journal titles beginning in 2009?  The
reason I am asking is that I have been double checking our online
holdings
in moving our Haworth Press subscriptions to the Informaworld platform
and
I have discovered that a number of our paid subscriptions are currently
listed as "free access" including expanded back file access.

A few examples are provided below:

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
Access on Haworth Press site was from 1993 to present
Access on Informaworld is now from 12/12/1990 to present and indicated
as
"free access"

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
Access on Haworth Press site was from 1993 to present
Access on Informaworld is now from 09/10/1977 to present and indicated
as
"free access"

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community
Access on Haworth Press site was from 2000 to present
Access on Informaworld is now from 10/26/1996 to present and indicated
as
"free access"

Has anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon?  Now I'm not sure how
to
list our access period for these Informaworld holdings in our A-Z list.
I
have a feeling that the "free access" expanded content won't last long
but
how do I know?

John Reidelbach
Licensing and Electronic Resources Access Librarian
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.   Omaha, NE 68182-0237
E-mail:  jreidelb@mail.unomaha.edu
Phone: 402-554-2846      Fax: 402-554-3215

Blog: Criss Library Focus On Online
http://focusononline.blogspot.com
Library Guide: Criss 2: Your Other Life
http://libguides.unomaha.edu/content.php?pid=26660