Hi,
The world of electronic journals just seems to get more and more complex!
I see that ADIS International has made some changes to their subscription
purchasing options for 2005 that I thought some of you might not be aware
of. Further information for the journal Drug Safety can be seen at:
http://adisonline.info/librarians.asp?J=drs. Unfortunately I can't find any
where on their site where the subscriptions details for all their journals
can be found in one place.
1. All online subscriptions now include access to the entire available
online archive. Previously if you only had access to the years that you paid
for. I've now spoken to ADIS re: the fact the access to the full backfiles
via IngentaConnect have still not been opened up to us (and I assume other
subscribers), and they've told me that they will get this sorted.
2. An online subscription allows access to 150 downloads per title per
calender year.
I have contacted ADIS re: this and they informed me that information re:
both these changes had been sent out, although I haven't yet come across it
myself. They've also told me that they are not enforcing this usage policy
this year, although it might have been helpful if they had said that on
their web site! In fact their license at:
http://adisonline.info/onlineaccess_terms.asp also now has this restriction
within it.
We have a small number of subscriptions to ADIS International journals,
including Drugs and Drug Safety. Since the cost of Drugs in 2005 is $4285, a
restriction of 150 downloads for this title does seem rather restrictive.
That works out at: $28.56 per article, which seems a bit excessive. It would
also make promoting this journal within student classes etc. very difficult
in an educational context where we are trying to get students to make better
use of primary literature. How are institutions meant to control this usage?
What do others out there think about possible restrictions to the amount of
articles they can download for a specific journal, without (I guess) paying
more money.
Were others aware of these changes for 2005?
Cheers
Lesley
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