Dear
All,
Despite our
plaintive wails, Elsevier have confirrmed that they are stopping institutional
electronic access to Kumar and Clark from March 2006. I am encouraging all our
teachers/tutors to contact Elsevier to emphasise what a loss this is to our
staff and students.
Elsevier want each
student to purchase a copy which gives them access to the electronic site. Many
students cannot afford to do this, and it really restricts the kind of support
the library can offer. All our students out at Base Units and who have
seminars round the campus use the resource heavily. Why can't Elsevier
continue to offer institutional as well as individual
access?
Can I ask if anyone
else is lobbying Elsevier or are asking their teaching/medical staff
to?
We are also
seriously considering alternative core textbooks - is anyone else? And if so,
which titles?
I really don't think
we should stand for this...
regards,
Erika
Erika Gwynnett
Medical Librarian
Walton Library
Medical School
University of Newcastle upon
Tyne
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
0191 222 7792