Also posted to eril-l (apologies to those who receive both).....
If there were one reason why we must continue print subscriptions it
would be this:
Some publishers (American Fisheries Society, International Reading
Association) offer an electronic only subscription that rolls. That's
right, it rolls. Even if you continue your subscription, you lose
access to that 5th year. In the case of Reading Teacher, the policy is
even worse, access rolls at the beginning of each new volume, giving
users access to just one issue at certain points in the year.
Individual subscribers (who pay half the subscription fee by the way)
have access to the entire archives.
What's even worse, American Fisheries Society's institutional access
policy (http://www.fisheries.org/afs/publications_libraryterms.html)
indicates that:
Permanent access to AFS online journals is not available in years when a
subscribing institution does not renew a subscription. However, a
subscriber may download and (if appropriate) print out one archival copy
of the purchased volume. Normal "fair use" privileges accrue to archival
copies. Moreover, a subscribing institution has access to the entire
historical journal database even for years in which it had not
subscribed.
EBSCO assures us, however, that this is really not the case and that the
access truly is rolling. I'm still trying to actually get someone at
American Fisheries to speak to me.
Are there other publishers expecting libraries to accept this situation?
Are you as outraged as I am? When Sports Illustrated failed to deliver
the swimsuit issue hundreds of irate librarians called SI and emailed
listservs, calling for action. I'm pretty sure that SI will not leave
libraries out the loop next year.
Where is our outrage with society publishers? Has anyone successfully
lobbied to get these rolling terms changed?
Until the situation improves, we will continue to need print
subscriptions.
Jenifer Holman
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Jenifer Holman
Acquisitions Librarian
Murphy Library
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1631 Pine St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
phone: 608-785-8395
fax: 608-785-8639
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http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/
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