[These are responses to no.2138, which appears below
followed by the responses.]
no.2138.
From: Floyd Ingram <fingram_at_mindspring.com>
Hey y'all,
Currently, there is a fair amount of overlapping between our
online subscriptions and our paper subscriptions. I would
like to
cease subscribing to paper subscriptions for selected titles
available via one of our online services (particularly,
EBSCOHost). Also, want
to make this a policy. If you ever encountered this issue,
how did you
determined whether or not to cease subscribing to
overlapping paper journals?
Also of the online services (EBSCOHost, Wilson databases,
Infotrac Web,
etc.), rank themaccording to which ones provide full-text
journals that
are most equivalent to the paper or hardcopy journals.
EBSCOHost claims to
provide everything published in selected journals in
full-text except
advertisements...which is great for us, but it is weak in
the area of providing
journals in the natural/applied sciences. We are looking at
other online
services that will provide that void.
Thanks in advance.
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MSC 25
Floyd Ingram
Director of Library Services
Benedict College
Columbia, South Carolina 29204-1086
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Response #1
From: Thomas Izbicki <izbicki_at_milton.mse.jhu.edu>
I would like to be able to cancel print when reliable
electronic journals
are available - including archives that can be relied upon
to endure; but
our community is not ready for it, and too many of our
packages are tied
to print.
Tom Izbicki
Johns Hopkins
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Response #2
From: Jacqelen Ruben <JacqelenR_at_aol.com>
As a librarian user of the online magazine services, I
suggest you keep in
mind that those are commercial services and what they offer
is subject to
their negotiations with the magazines. When I worked in a
large city
central library and we were being urged by administration to
drop titles that
duplicated those in full text we paid close attention and
noticed that
titles could disappear overnight and others that had been in
full text were
suddenly citation only. And of course no ads, in case
anyone is researching
historic information.
Good luck,
Jacqelen Ruben
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Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 07:04:17 EDT