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British Official Publications Current Awareness Service
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/
http://www.bopcas.com
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NEW AND EXISTING BOPCAS USERS.
THE INTRODUCTION OF BOPCAS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES, DECEMBER 1ST 1998
This document also appears on the BOPCAS Website at:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/announce.htm
BOPCAS is a current awareness service offering details of recent
British Official Publications from users "desktops" through a weekly
updated Web database (with backfiles to July 1995) and an e-mail
alerting service. Newcomers to BOPCAS might want to find out more
about BOPCAS before reading the rest of this announcement (see
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/ ).
Summary
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BOPCAS value-added services (keyword searching, the abstracting
service, hypertext linking, browsing by category and the e-mail
alerting services) will become subscription services after November
30th (for the BOPCAS Database/Website and new users of the e-mail
alerting services) and December 18th (for existing users of the
BOPCAS E-mail alerting services). The purpose of this announcement is:
o to explain the reason for launching the subscription serivces
o to tell you more about the phased introduction of new subscription
arrangements for the BOPCAS Website and e-mail alerting services
including: prices, Silver and Gold subscription levels, what's
included in each level
o to tell you about our introductory offer - subscribe to BOPCAS
before the end of December 1998 and use the service until January
1st 2000 (for the price of a 12 month subscription)
o to let you know how to subscribe to BOPCAS - what you need to do
in order to continue using the BOPCAS value-added services
o to give you more information about BOPCAS value-added services
(e.g. abstracting service, e-mail alerting service, keyword
searching) if you are new to BOPCAS and want to find out more
If you have any queries or comments about this announcement, please
contact: Simon Brackenbury, BOPCAS, Ford Collection of British Official
Publications, Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield,
Southampton. SO17 1BJ. Tel: 01703 592370 Fax: 01703 593007 E-mail:
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Reason for introducing subscription charges for BOPCAS value-added
services
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BOPCAS was inaugurated in July 1995 on the basis of a grant awarded
by the Higher Education Funding Council for England as part of the
non-recurrent element of the Non-Formula Funding Programme which
followed the Follett Report. This funding has enabled BOPCAS to
provide its value added services free-of-charge until now. However,
in common with other similar post-Follett projects, including most
of the eLib programme, it was assumed that funding would not be
open-ended and that the project would have to move to a self-financing
basis if it was to survive longer-term. Therefore, our aim, in
introducing subscription charges, is to ensure the longer-term
continuation of BOPCAS value-added services including: keyword
searching, the abstracting service, hypertext linking, browsing by
category and the e-mail alerting services.
BOPCAS Database/Website
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The existing BOPCAS database/Website will remain free of charge
until November 30th 1998. However, starting December 1st 1998,
the value-added services available through the BOPCAS Website
will become subscriber-only services. Basic bibliographic details
of recent British Official Publications (for the current year)
will remain free-of-charge.
BOPCAS E-Mail Alerting Services
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Existing users of the BOPCAS e-mail alerting lists (as of
November 30th) can continue to receive weekly mailings until
December 18th 1998. However, starting December 1st 1998
(for new users) and December 18th 1998 (for existing members,
as of December 1st), the BOPCAS e-mail alerting services will
subscriber-only services.
Two Types of Subscription
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Silver Subscription. Allows keyword searching; abstracts of
key documents with hypertext links to full-texts, where
available, on the Internet; browsing by publication date,
subject area and author, and access to any two of the
subject-based e-mail alerting services (see section: Services
included in your subscription)
Gold Subscription. Allows all of the above, plus access to all
14 of the subject-based e-mail alerting services, as well as
the "weekly update". Also, Intranet/network licensing for
internal redistribution of BOPCAS data (see section: Services
included in your subscription)
Annual Subscription Rates.
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Prices quoted in UK Pounds Sterling, excluding VAT
Silver Gold
Aslib Members,
Academic Institutions, 280 Pounds 520 Pounds
Registered Charities
Others 350 Pounds 650 Pounds
Introductory Offer
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Subscribe to BOPCAS before the end of December 1998 and use the
service until January 1st 2000 (for the price of a 12 month
subscription).
How to Subscribe to BOPCAS
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An electronic order form is available at:
http://www.bopcas.com/form.htm
Alternatively please contact:
Information Management International
2nd Floor, Staple Hall
Stone House Court
London
EC3A 7PB
Fax: +44 (0)171 903 0011
Services included in your subscription
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Service: Free Silver Gold
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Basic bibliographic information Yes Yes Yes
Keyword Searching No Yes Yes
Abstracting Service No Yes Yes
Hypertext Links No Yes Yes
Browse by Category No Yes Yes
E-mail Alerting Service (any 2 subjects) No Yes No
E-mail Alerting Service
(unlimited choice of subjects) No No Yes
BOPCAS Weekly Update Service No No Yes
Intranet/Network Licence No No Yes
More information about BOPCAS Value-Added Services
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Keyword Searching
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Search the databases by keywords to quickly locate relevant
publications
BOPCAS Abstracting Service
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Finding relevant British Official Publications can be a complex
and time-consuming task. Abstracts of key documents save you
valuable time
and effort in finding the documents you need
Hypertext Links
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BOPCAS database records include links to full text documents,
where available on the Internet, allowing speedy access to the
information you need.
Browse by Category
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Simply browse through your selected view of the databases. You can
view by date, subject area, corporate author or publication type
BOPCAS Subject-based Electronic Mail Alerting Service
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The weekly BOPCAS Electronic Mail Alerting Service supply you with
details of new British Official Publications in your chosen subject
areas:
Defence
Economy
Education
Environment
Europe
Health
Law
Northern Ireland
Science and Technology
Scotland
Statistics
Transport
Wales
Welfare Reform
BOPCAS Weekly Update Service (All Subjects)
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An invaluable e-mail service giving you information on all publications
added to the BOPCAS database each week
Intranet / Network licence
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Allows unlimited downloading of BOPCAS information for use across your
network or intranet.
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If you have any queries or comments about this announcement, please
contact: Simon Brackenbury, BOPCAS, Ford Collection of British Official
Publications, Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield,
Southampton. SO17 1BJ. Tel: 01703 592370 Fax: 01703 593007 E-mail:
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