At 13:47 2004-01-31, you wrote:
>Just to say thank you to the 18 institutions who have responded so far.
>The results and comments(!) are very interesting and I will endeavour to
>have a summary for the list soon. If anyone else was intending to reply,
>I'd be grateful if you could do so within the next week. The more replies
>I get the more helpful the results will be. The original email is copied
>below.
>
>In the summary I won't be mentioning specific people or institutions, but
>I would like to quote some of the comments. Those of you who have already
>replied, if you are not happy with this proposal, please send me an email
>to say that you wish your previous input to be completely confidential.
>One institution has already stated this in their reply.
>
>Thanks again
>
>Nick
>
>
>Nicholas Lewis
>
>Electronic Resources Librarian & Subject Librarian
>The Library, University of East Anglia,
>Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR4 7TJ
>Tel: +44(0)1603-592382 Fax: +44(0)1603-591010
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>
>
>On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:14:14 +0000, Nicholas Lewis
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >We’re debating the pros and cons of moving to electronic-only for parts of
> >our journal collections.
> >
> >If you have a policy on this, or have recently taken action to move to
> >electronic-only for all / part of your journal collections, could you
> >spend 5 minutes replying to these questions? If you’re not the right
> >person, please help me out by forwarding this message to someone who is.
> >
> >Please respond directly to [log in to unmask] and I’ll summarise for
> >the list (the summary will not refer to specific institutions!)
> >
> >Have you:
> >
> >1. withdrawn print back copies of titles that are included in “bundled”
> >electronic archive deals like JSTOR? Yes No
> >If Yes, please give reason(s):
> >
> >2. stopped taking print for titles included in major ongoing “bundled”
> >deals such as Science Direct (i.e. moved to electronic-only for
> >these)? Yes No
> >If Yes, please give reason(s): economic reasons
> >
> >3. decided that all new individual journal subscriptions should
> >be ‘electronic-only’, unless electronic is not available? Yes No
> >If Yes, please give reason(s): economic reasons again
> >
> >4. decided to purchase both print and electronic for individual titles but
> >to withdraw print after a certain period of time (e.g. 2-5 years). Yes
>No
> >If Yes, please give reason(s):
> >
> >5. Optional: Having made these decisions, what are your concerns about the
> >future in terms of archival arrangements, non-cancellation policies,
> >future price increases, reliability of access, etc.? Any other comments?
Optimist
> >
> >Thanks for your help with this.
> >
> >Nick
Jan Szczepanski
Förste bibliotekarie
Goteborgs universitetsbibliotek
Box 222
SE 405 30 Goteborg, SWEDEN
Tel: +46 31 773 1164 Fax: +46 31 163797
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