Hi Lesley, thanks for this - I will pass on to Jan our serials librarian. The emails we have had back pinging back and forth have been so unhelpful and our current sub is in abeyance cos we could not reach a helpful conclusion, I am rather more hopeful that we will now!
Cheers,
Jill
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Crawshaw, Lesley A
>Sent: 28 September 2009 10:47
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Radiology- licecne query
>
>Hi Jill,
>
>Further to Dominic's message you can find out more information about the change they
>made to their new pricing system in July 2008 at:
>http://www.rsna.org/RLGateway/Librarian_Services.htm
>
>We don't seem to have had any direct communication from them about this pricing change
>either and haven't used the Highwire administrator route to make this communication.
>
>Print is now an add on option and may not be purchased separately.
>
>I believe from looking at the academic licence at:
>http://www.rsna.org/RLGateway/pdf/Academic.pdf that the former restriction on access
>no longer exists.
>
>Cheers
>Lesley
>
>
>Lesley Crawshaw
>Knowledge & Business Intelligence Consultant
>Information Hertfordshire
>University of Hertfordshire
>Tel: 01707 285508
>
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dominic Benson
>Sent: 28 September 2009 10:23
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Radiology- licecne query
>
>Hello Jill,
>
>We don't take this title but your observation prompted me to check
>EBSCONET, which also seems to link a print subscription to requiring an
>e-licence (and there's no pricing information, either). This publisher
>seems to have made a (muddled?) change of policy last year:
>http://www.rsna.org/Publications/institutional.cfm
>
>Perhaps there is no print only subscription format now, only print +
>online?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Dom
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>Brunel University Library, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, UB8 3PH
>Tel: +44(0)1895 266143; fax: +44(0)1895 269742
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jill
>Taylor-Roe
>Sent: 25 September 2009 17:20
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Radiology- licecne query
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Has anyone else out there come across a rather perplexing problem with
>the journal Radiology, published by the Radiological Society of America?
>We have a print only sub to this title for the simple reason that their
>e-licence requires us to limit access to 5 dedicated PCs in a single
>building. Quite apart from the fact that we don't want to limit access
>to 5 PCs, the way our network is set up, we can't agree to do this
>anyway. When we told them that in view of their licence terms we would
>just have to stick with print only, they came back to say we *had* to
>sign the licence anyway or we could not even have the print. How can
>this make sense? Since when have we needed an elicence for print? We
>have reached an impasse so I would love to hear if anyone else has had
>this problem, and better still, if you have found a workable solution!
>
>Kind regards,
>
>
>Jill Taylor-Roe
>Head of Liaison & Academic Services
>Robinson Library
>Back Jesmond Road West
>Newcastle upon Tyne
>NE2 4HQ
>
>tel 0191 222 7652
>fax 0191 222 7605
>email [log in to unmask]
>
>lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
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>lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
>UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
>
>lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
>UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
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