Re: Elsevier Trends Journals -- Buddy Pennington Stephen D. Clark 18 Dec 2000 17:37 UTC
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Elsevier Trends Journals -- Sandra Hernandez Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:33:54 -0600 From: "Pennington, Buddy" <buddy.pennington@ROCKHURST.EDU> Is this the same as the bound 'Reference Edition' that we receive with our subscription to Trends in Neurosciences? Buddy Pennington Acquisitions/Serials Librarian Rockhurst University Greenlease Library buddy.pennington@rockhurst.edu #816-501-4143 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Elsevier Trends Journals -- Frank Norman Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:35:29 -0600 From: "Hernandez, Sandra" <SHernand@trinity.edu> We also subscribe to a number of the Elsevier "Trends" journals. I just spoke with Elsevier and they informed me that we wouldn't receive the 2000 or 2001 "Library compendium" volumes. You're correct a quick look at the pricing for 2000 and for 2001 shows that the prices for these journals are not being reduced to compensate for this loss. In fact, our prices increased in 2001 despite the fact that we won't be receiving a "Library compendium" volume. ************************************************************* Sandra Hernandez Trinity University Library Senior Acq. Asst. for Subscriptions/Standing Orders Phone: (210) 999-8171 or Fax: (210) 999-8021 E-mail: shernand@trinity.edu -------- Original Message -------- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:17:11 +0000 From: Frank Norman <fnorman@NIMR.MRC.AC.UK> Subject: Elsevier Trends Journals We subscribe to a number of the Elsevier "Trends" journals (Trends in Neurosciences, Trends in Biochemical Sciences etc). The institutional subscription prices for these journals are set at higher levels than the personal subscription but this is offset by the inclusion of an annual "Library Compendium" volume at the end of the year. This is a bound volume containing all the past year's issues. We've just been notified by our subscription agents that the Library Compendium volumes are ceasing publication after Dec 2000. A quick look at the pricing for 2000 and for 2001 shows that the prices for these journals are not being reduced to compensate for this loss. It rather appears to be a sleight of hand price increase, compounded by the lack of any advance information about the change from the publisher. I suppose one shouldn't be surprised, but it is disappointing to see this kind of thing still. Frank Norman National Institute for Medical Research Librarian The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London NW7 1AA, UK tel 020 8 913 8629 email fnorman@nimr.mrc.ac.uk fax 020 8 913 8534 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/personal/Frank