I was interested to read about the efforts at the University of Kansas
Libraries to provide access to journals cancelled or not held by the
Library through a customized UnCover gateway at no cost to the user. Over
the last 5 years, the McMaster Health Sciences Library has lost over 27%
of its journal collection to cancellations. Needless to say, we are
looking for less expensive ways of providing access to journals.

Has anyone else adopted a model where the library has cancelled very high
cost core research journals such as BBA, Brain Research, Journal of
Comparative Neurology or Gene, and set aside a finite sum to subsidize or
pay for document delivery through a commercial service like UnCover or
Swetscan? If you have done this, even as a pilot project, I would be
interested in any information you could share with me.

Mary Anne Trainor                       Tel:    905-525-9140 x24169
Head of Acquisitions & Serials          FAX:    905-528-3733
Health Sciences Library                 Internet:
McMaster University                       trainor@fhs.mcmaster.ca
1200 Main St. W.
Hamilton ON CANADA L8N 3Z5