Dear
All
Does anyone out
there who subscribes to Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica have any
unbound issues from 2010 or earlier?
Ours have just
come back from the binders and we only have the 2011 issues which are now
published by WILEY and have the 'current subscription' details in
them.
If any of
you have front covers from the Informa published issues
can you let me know what the subscription information says it
provides access to.
I am unhappy with
the fact that, with the change of publisher in 2011 from Informa to WILEY our
access to the online archive of this title has been
withdrawn.
Informa say they
only gave free access to the archive while we subscribed to it. They class the
fact that WILEY now publish this title to be the same as if we
had cancelled our subscription, which we haven't.
Informa say
that we can pay them an archive fee (I have not yet asked how much this is) to
access the online archive, which unitl January 2011 we had access to as part
of our subscription.
WILEY are saying
that current subscriptions only give online access from 1997 onwards (in
line with their other subscriptions) and that access to the archive will
cost us (again I haven't yet asked for a price for this).
Our supplier for
this title is liaising with both the publishers on our behalf and is unaware
of any other subscribers complaining about this change.
Are we the only
library in the UK to subscribe to this title, or have other libraries not
noticed this change, or is everyone else just accepted the publisher line on
this and paying out extra money for the archive content which used to be
free.
Any information
and or opinions on this would be helpful.
Many
thanks
Sandra
Sandra Harrison, BA
hons, ACLIP
Library
Administrator
Library &
Information Service
Education Resource
Centre
Birmingham Women's NHS
Foundation Trust
Mindelsohn
Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TG
0121 627
5846
Fax 0121 623 6922
(F.A.O. Sandra)
www.bwhct.nhs.uk/professionals/library-home
Please note that I do
not work on Wednesdays, if you have an urgent enquiry on a Wednesday
please phone the library and another member of library staff may be able to
help you.
The BWH library
provides you with access to approx 2,500 e-journals.
This includes
specialist O&G, Midwifery, Paediatric, Neonatal, Pathology and Genetics
titles
You can access these
via the e-journals link from our website at http://www.bwhct.nhs.uk/professionals/library-home
You
will need to log in with your Athens username and
password to access all
titles
