A closer look at Adis's price list shows that the only journal with the
"personal rate only available if institution subscribes" restriction is
Clinical Pharmacokinetics. I wonder why?
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 12:26 +0000 Terry Bucknell
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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