IPD or Gordon & Breach or ... photocopy license (3 messages) Birdie MacLennan 08 Dec 1994 15:53 UTC

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Date:         Thu, 8 Dec 1994 08:31:04 +0001
From:         Esther Sleep <esleep@SPARTAN.AC.BROCKU.CA>
Subject:      Re: IPD or Gordon & Breach or harwood academic publishers or ...

Yes, this is true that these programs have been discontinued.  Way back
in July one of our jobbers contacted me saying I would need to reapply
for each title.  After a lenghty investigation the replies from both
jobber and publisher were that these had been discontinued.  Most of our
titles (G&B) are serviced by a jobber so I have not seen a "live" publisher
invoice as yet.  I wonder what they would do if we deducted 10%?  I
certainly wish "the right hand knew what the left hand doeth"!.  I shall
be listening for your replies.

Esther L. Sleep
Head, Serials Dept.
Brock University Library
St. Catharines, Ontario
esleep@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
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On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Scott B. Wicks wrote:

> I was preparing to pay our Gordon and Breach Publishing Group (I think that
> is what they are called now) titles for 1995 and contacted their US office
> at the (201) 643-7500 number to inquire about the Photocopy License Waiver
> form as well as their Subscriber Incentive Plan.
>
> The response I received today was that neither of these programs continue
> to exist.  Hmm...
>
> Are there others of you who have asked to waive the photocopy charges and
> been given similar answers?
>
> I can't in good faith pay these invoices in-hand as they include the
> statement regarding the photocopy license which reads "the subscription
> price ... includes a fee for a Photocopy License which permits multiple
> photcopying [typo not mine] of single articles for the internal study or
> research purposes of the subscriber."
>
> As I read the statement, Cornell does not want or need the photocopy license.
>
> If the cost for this unwanted service is truly 10% of the journal price, it
>  would be irresponsible to pay it.
>
> If there are any IPD _et al_ sales representatives out there listening, I'd
> sure appreciate a call at (607) 255-4960.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Scott Wicks
>
>    *******************************
>                         Scott B. Wicks                      *
>                   Acquisitions Librarian              *
>             Cornell University Library       *
>                     110A Olin Library          *
>                          Ithaca, NY              *
>                        14853-5301        *

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Date:         Thu, 8 Dec 1994 08:50:05 -0500
From:         Marcia Tuttle <tuttle@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: IPD or Gordon & Breach or harwood academic ...

In response to Scott and Esther, In late summer I received the photocopy
license waiver forms from IPD that I had requested upon the advice of our
vendor. They were complicated, and they were contradicted by the cover
letter from the publisher. The terms of the agreement were not something
my library could legally accept. Thus, I discarded the forms.

Christie Degener and I reproduced both the text of the form and part of
the cover letter, along with further contradictory statements found on
actual journals in _Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues_, no. 125 and
126, published in October. If anyone wants to see those issues, you can
get them by gopher: sunsite.unc.edu, choose UNC Internet library, then
Electronic journals. Or, by WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/reference/prices.
html.

My point here, I guess, is that as of about 3 months ago the publisher
was still "selling" the photocopy waiver. At least to my library. If they
have, in fact, discontinued it, that is, on the surface, a step in the
right direction. However, for some subscribers it's a built-in 10% price
increase.

Has anybody taken this to the ALA/ALCTS Publisher/Vendor Library
Relations Committee?

Marcia Tuttle
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu

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Date:         Thu, 8 Dec 1994 07:50:34 -0600
From:         Janice Lindquist <jlindq@IS.RICE.EDU>
Subject:      G&B photocopy license

I also called the New York office in regards to the photocopy license
waiver and could not find anyone who knew what I was talking about.
Finally they forwarded my phone call to the Swiss office and I was then
told I needed to speak to someone in New York!  A few days later I
received a phone call from England and was told they would send me a copy
of the waiver form.  When nothing was received, I wrote a letter and of
course, no one has responded to that.  Our director has asked me to
research G&B and the photocopy license fee and make a recommendation.  As
I have been unable to get ANY cooperation from these people, my
recommendation is to cancel ALL G&B, Harwood subscriptions.  Has anyone
had any more success than Mr. Wicks and I have had.  Why is information
so difficult to verify from this publisher?

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