We would like to alert subscribers to the Journal of the American College of
Toxicology that this title has not ceased publication, but is being published
by Raven Press beginning with Volume 13, 1994.  Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,
publisher of the journal through Volume 12, received the 1994 renewals, but did
not transfer the payments or subscription records to Raven.  Instead, the
publisher sent a letter to subscribers announcing that they would not publish
the journal in 1994, and offered to substitute another of their publications
for the 1994 subscription payment.  Subscribers were not told that this journal
was continuing to be published.

Because Raven Press was unable to obtain the subscription records or payments
for 1994 from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., the new publisher contacted subscription
agents in December to obtain their lists of clients subscribing to the journal.
To ensure that subscribers do not miss any issues of the journal, Raven is
fulfilling each of these subscriptions even though they have not received any
of the payments.

Mary Ann Liebert is denying subscription agency requests for refunds of the
1994 payments for this journal.  Without a refund, agents are unable to pay
Raven Press for their clients' 1994 subscriptions.  However, Ms. Liebert did
advise a Faxon Publisher Services staff member that refunds will be given if
requested by the individual subscriber.  We are in the process of advising our
clients of this, and wanted to advise SERIALST members as well. Subscribers
who want to continue to receive the Journal of the American College of
Toxicology should request refunds from the former publisher, and if subscribed
to through an agent, sent to your agent so that Raven can be paid.  We applaud
Raven's decision to continue providing the journal to all subscribers while
they attempt to resolve this situation.

Diane Appleton
Manager, Publisher Services
The Faxon Co.
appleton@faxon.com