Nick et al,
That certainly agrees with our experience. Our 4 titles that are leaving
LWW are all society titles.
The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's Modern Pathology and
Laboratory Investigation are going to Nature Publishing Group, see
http://www.nature.com/uscap/
Journal of Medical Microbiology is published by the Society for General
Microbiology who will be publishing it themselves next year. At
http://www.sgmjournals.org/, JMM is the only one of their titles that
currently mentions LWW.
The American Society of Clinial Oncology's Journal of Clinical Oncology is
also leaving LWW, already no mention of LWW at http://www.jco.org/.
Terry Bucknell
Electronic Resources Manager
Harold Cohen Library
University of Liverpool
PO Box 123 Liverpool L69 3DA
Tel: +44 (0)151 794 5408 Fax: +44 (0)151 794 5417
Email: [log in to unmask]
--On 17 October 2003 12:16 +0100 Nicholas Lewis <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Now I've been asking that question of our agent. I wonder whether the
> Societies (whose Society journals have still been hosted on the Lippincott
> platform during 2003) are happy about the allegedly high prices of
> aggregating through Ovid? Rumour suggests they weren't last year. It can
> hardly help to improve the profile of their Society journals if we all
> revert to hard copy [which is what we'll have to do this year if there's
> no alternative]. Whilst some countries may be able to afford such an
> electronic model, I can't think many UK HE libraries could afford this. I
> think it's time for a bit of action on this one if we don't want to be
> priced out of access. Are their any Society members on the list?
>
> By the way, we still love the Ovid databases and e-journals, it's just the
> pricing model for e-journals we can't understand or afford.
>
> Regards
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas Lewis
> Electronic Resources & LLT Subject Librarian
> UEA Library
> Norwich
> NR4 7TJ
> phone: 01603-592382
> fax: 01603-259490
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Louise Cole
>> Sent: 17 October 2003 12:02
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: LWW titles
>>
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I understand that for 2004 Lippincott are unlikely to keep access to
>> their journals available through any platform but Ovid? Does anyone
>> have more info on what LWW is planning for those of us who currently
>> access their journals through their own site?
>>
>> thanks
>> Louise
>>
>> Louise Cole
>> Electronic Resources Team Leader
>> Health Sciences Library
>> University of Leeds
>> LS2 9JT
>>
>> tel. 0113 34 35502
>> fax. 0113 34 34381
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>>
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