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Hi, Not really to do with "bundled" deals, but worth thinking about if you cover astronomy/astrophysics at your institution. We moved to e-only for several astronomy/astrophysics journals a couple of years ago. Although published by several different publishers and not a bundle, the parallel existence of the NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) at: http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/ (mirror site) which is a free archive for astronomy journals including those we subscribed to, meant that we were able to move all the hard copies of the journals that were covered by this service into a store. The ADS also has a Table of Contents query page which provides access to the latest volumes of selected titles, including those we subscribe to. We haven't had any negative feedback from the astronomers about moving to eonly and moving the backfiles off the shelf, I think most of them haven't noticed, because they use the ADS system in preference to the print!! Cheers Lesley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information Consultant, Learning and Information Services, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e-mail: [log in to unmask] phone: 01707 284662 fax: 01707 284666 web: http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/natsci/ejournal/ list owner: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Lewis Sent: 14 April 2003 11:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Taking the plunge - moving to e-only Following on from last year's discussion (Sept 2002) about moving to e- only, I'd be interested in people's views about which "bundled" deals would be most suited to an e-only strategy. For example, would an archive "bundled" service, like JSTOR, be a good starting-point? Has anyone tried moving to e-only for a service like JSTOR and "withdrawn" any previously-purchased hard copy editions? (I realise this would not be pure e-only as the 5 year rolling wall applies). Are there any other bundled deals/services that are sufficiently reliable in terms of archiving, completeness, etc.? Feel free to reply direct or via the list, depending on how sensitive the issue may be in your institution. Thanks Nick Nicholas Lewis Electronic Resources & LLT Subject Librarian University of East Anglia Library Norwich NR4 7TJ phone: 01603-592382 [log in to unmask]