We recently received notice from the Ecological Society of America that we
must now order "Ecological Applications" if we want to continue receiving
another of their publications, "Ecology".  Like most libraries these days,
we have a very tight budget for journals and we are continually culling our
journal subscriptions.  We have had to make painful decisions to cut useful
journals because we can not "keep them all".  Having just completed the latest
round of journal cuts, I very much resent being forced to purchase an unwanted
title to get one we do want.

Is this a growing trend with publishers?  What have other libraries done in
this situation?  Although we would like to keep Ecology we may have no choice
but to drop the subscription.

Thanks for letting me vent...
-Denise

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
                                -Victor Frankl

Denise Rumschlag                                Science Library
Rumschlag@Butler.edu                            Butler University
317/283-9401                                    Indianapolis, IN 46208