Re: vendor question Judith Koveleskie 23 Jan 2012 20:14 UTC

Ditto.   If you are planning a change look at all the services
provided including relationship of print and online subscriptions.

Judith A. Koveleskie, MLIS, MA
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Susan Dresye <dresyesl@potsdam.edu> wrote:
> We use EBSCO -- investigated other "cheaper" vendors a year or so ago --
> looks
> like you really get what you pay for...
>
> We aren't considering moving away from EBSCO anytime soon.
>
> Sue
>
>
> On 1/23/2012 2:46 PM, Coakley, Lynn wrote:
>
> hi all:
>
> A colleague at a neighboring college asked me for information about
> periodicals vendors besides Ebsco of which they are a customer.  Apparently
> an audit turned up the fact that there are other vendors that are cheaper.
> Personally, I think the agony of getting titles transferred from one vendor
> to another is not worth the lesser cost, but that's my opinion.
>
> I told her I would ask this list for ideas of a different periodicals vendor
> that you love (or that you hate), I'd love to have that info.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lynn
>
> --
> Lynn Coakley
> Coordinator of Technical Services
> Library
> Springfield Technical Community College
> One Armory Sq.
> Springfield, MA  01102
> 413.755.4565
> fax 413.755.6315
>