Greta's also just pointed out something I really should have remembered - Detail magazine from 2007 (but not Croquis!) and the AJ from 2006 are both available full text on Art and Architecture Complete, which provides full text coverage of 380 journals plus abstracts for another 780 titles. Although it's not a JISC-banded resource, Art & Architecture Complete is about half the price that we were quoted by Janine, so I'd suggest represents better value for money and a possible option for anyone lucky enough to have a four-figure sum to spend at the moment!
Cheers
David
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Subject: Re: AJ Buildings Online[Scanned-Clean]
I have just this week received my trial account to the above. Janine told me that all of the people she has spoken to so far have said that it isn't priced correctly, so she has decided not to give me any pricing information until the company haw had a serious rethink. The message is getting through then.
Greta
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>>> Geoffrey Morgan <[log in to unmask]> 23/05/2011 15:17 >>>
Dear all,
Yet more!
I think we all ought to research alternatives to AJ Online before the
ARCLIB so as to have the best negotiating tools to hand.
Best wishes,
Geoff
On 23 May 2011 14:33, Shaw, Joan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> I know we’ve been debating AJ online and its over the top pricing but I
> wondered how many of you have already subscribed to AJ Buildings Online ?
> We’ve a lot of student/staff interest here and I think some money might now
> be available to pay for it but I’ll probably need to act reasonably swiftly
> and can’t wait for a group response at the conference.
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> I know people have pointed out problems with the indexing in the past (as
> has one of my lecturers) but when we trialled it, the students really liked
> access to the drawings - do people feel more positive about this resource
> and that the pricing is reasonably fair?
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> Thanks
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> Joan
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