The silence from your subscription agent will mostly do the trick, but don't worry.  Some publishers will call you to see what's going on.   You might want to make sure you put a note in your check-in or stop your prediction so that you won't check in 2010 issues that you haven't pd. for in case you have to send any expensive ones back.

Happy canceling!! We're doing it too!

Cheers,
Mykie Howard
Morehead State University

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Diane Westerfield [Diane.Westerfield@COLORADOCOLLEGE.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:58 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Cancellation question

Hi,

I am undertaking my first large print journal cancellation project.  My question to you serials veterans is:

Do I need to notify publishers directly about these cancellations?  Or is it sufficient, as my customer service rep says, for our subscription agent to not place an order and that will signify as a cancellation?

I’ve seen a few expensive titles linger on a year later than they were supposed to because the publisher wasn’t informed in time of the intent to cancel.  We are cancelling many titles (of publishers of varying size and type) and counting on the cost savings going forward.  I don’t want to see a single publisher come back and charge us for unwanted print.  However, notifying several dozen publishers of specific title cancellations would be a lot of work, I’d rather avoid any unnecessary projects.  Any words of wisdom on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Diane Westerfield
Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian
Colorado College, Tutt Library
(719) 389-6661
(719) 389-6082 (fax)
diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu