I agree. We cancelled both. These titles are geared for individuals
and it is not surprising that the publishers do not want to invest the
effort to support IP authentication for academic libraries that are
generally paying the same amount as the individual subscribers are.
Hopefully the FT database vendors will continue to fulfill this need of
providing content from popular magazines when the individual
subscriptions are no longer feasible for academic libraries to maintain.
Buddy Pennington
Serial Acquisitions Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas City
800 East 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816-235-1548
Fax: 816-333-5584
Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu
UMKC University Libraries: Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment.
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of BLACK, STEVE
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:24 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] PC Magazine question
In the cases of both U.S. News & World Report and PC Magazine, it seems
to me that the best solution for libraries is to have the content
available in the general audience aggregated databases. I hope the
database vendors and the publishers can work together to make that
happen.
My library gets EBSCOhost Academic Search. PC World is in PDF "to
present," and indeed the database has content through Feb. 2009. The
database lists U.S. News & World Report in HTML text "to present," but
the latest content is dated 12/29/2008. I'd love to hear on this forum
from a representative of EBSCO (or any of the other vendors) what the
scoop is on full-text coverage of U.S. News.
Steve Black
Reference, Serials, and Instruction Librarian
Neil Hellman Library
The College of Saint Rose
392 Western Ave.
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 458-5494
blacks@strose.edu
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[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Rose Marie Parsons
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:00 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] PC Magazine question
Hello,
I don't think publishers of popular magazines like PC Magazine and US
News &
World Report have given any thought to the fact that their online model
does
not work for libraries. As an academic library, our only option was to
cancel both subscriptions. If publishers do not support IP
authentication,
we cannot make their journal/mazagine available to our university
community.
Rose Marie Parsons
Boise State University
Albertsons Library
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Roman Panchyshyn <rpanchys@kent.edu>
wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Folks,
> I don't post here often, but I have a question. We were recently
informed
> that PC Magazine will no longer publish a print edition, and beginning
in
> Feb. 2009, will be online only. That's fine, but here is my question.
They
> are going to a distribution model that consists of having a file
delivered
> to the subscriber's e-mail.
> See: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335009,00.asp
> Did anyone give any thought how this was going to work for a library
> subscription?
> We have been receiving back issues through EBSCOhost Academic Search
> Complete. I wonder if EBSCO will still continue to provide access.
>
> Roman S. Panchyshyn, MLIS
> Catalog Librarian, Assistant Professor
> Libraries & Media Services
> Kent State University
> tel: 330-672-1699
> e-mail: rpanchys@kent.edu
> 08:17:11 -0500
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