One more response to the following posting:
> From: "Scheu, Mark" <mark_scheu_at_UMSL.EDU>
> >
> > I would like to get some idea of how widespread the cancellation of the
> > print version of Chemical Abstracts is, given availability to the electronic
> > version through the likes of STN and SciFinder etc.
> >
> > Have you cancelled the print? Has resistance from faculty stopped you? What
> > factors entered into your decision?
> >
> > You can reply to me if you like, and I'll summarize for the list.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > *******************************************
> > J. Mark Scheu (314) 516-5076 mark_scheu_at_umsl.edu
> > Interim Head, Collection Development
> > Thomas Jefferson Library
> > Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
From: Steve Stratton <sestratt_at_vcu.edu>
Like a couple others that have replied, here at VCU the decision to purchase
SciFinder, 24 hour access and all the searching modules was made with the
savings
from cancelling the paper version. It was not accomplished easily, nor was the
decision made overnight. The faculty were more concerned with access from their
desktops on the whole and that was how the decision was based. Lack of use of
the
print version is clear. We do get an occasional assignment for paper but it is
handled with the older versions and not the new.
Steve Stratton
Social Sciences Librarian
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
804 828 1112
Received on Tue Oct 16 2001 - 12:40:31 EDT