Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:36:12 -0600
From: Judith Wilkerson <jwilkers@REM.RE.UOKHSC.EDU>
Subject: Intentional delay of print

  Colleagues,

  Has anyone noticed what might appear to be an intentional delay of print
  subscriptions from publishers who are having difficulty selling expensive
  and intrusive site licenses for electronic versions of journals?

  I have at least two possible examples that might be explained this way.
  I have asked one publisher to provide immediate access to electronic
  versions of journals without any discussion of site licenses, until we
  get the back issues for these important titles.

  Perhaps we could discuss this..

  I would also like to see some discussion in this forum about the whole
  business of unreasonable clauses in site licenses, such as giving
  foreign governments jurisdiction over any disputes, etc.

  Judy Wilkerson, Head of Serials Services
  Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  1000 Stanton L. Young Blvd.
  P.O. Box 26901
  Oklahoma City, OK  73190-3046
  jwilkers@rex.ouhsc.edu