Lesley et al,

Thanks for brining this to our attention.

I had noticed several months ago that we now had online access to all years
of our subscribed Adis journals, but I didn't enquire further on the
assumption that it was a mistake that I was happy to live with!

The policy of only allowing 150 downloads per title per year is certainly
one that I've not seen before. If we can't get affordable online access to
a journal in the biomedical field then that journal isn't worth having. A
cost per download of $28.56 is just plain ridiculous, and is begging for
cancellation and document delivery. We typically see costs of 10p-50p per
download for journals in biomedical fields.

Their terms and conditions say "if a higher level of usage is required
contact [log in to unmask]". We will be contacting them to discuss this
policy and we encourage all other Adis subscribers to do so!

I also see that individuals can only get a personal subscription if their
institution subscribes too!


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 21 January 2005 11:35 +0000 Lesley Crawshaw <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> 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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