There is enough money involved in these titles that I wonder if your
University Counsel would consider taking legal action to recover the
money?  To call it non-refundable is normal, if they publish something.
If they don't...

I never hesitate to cancel in such cases. If they ever start again I can
resubscribe.
And, in fact, I had (for other reasons) canceled Cytogenetics... a few
years back and was thinking of subscribing again. Thanks for the
warning.

Anne Carroll Bunting wrote:
>
> When times are hard and money is tight, we look for ways to cut our =
> journal titles which have been cut many times but the prices keep going =
> up.  When we get to the bare bones, it seems there is another way to =
> select the titles to cancel.  We have noticed a number of titles that =
> have never published their 2002 issues and it is July.  These are the =
> ones that are in the $1500+ bracket. The inexpensive titles seem to =
> publish.  It seems that most of these that are behind are society =
> publications.
>
> I am particularly looking at two now.  Histochemical Journal v.33 no. =
> 9/10 Sept/Oct 2001 came May 3, 2002. We have not received v.33 no. 11/12 =
> Nov/Sept 2001 or any of 2002.  I asked about getting our money back for =
> 2002 and our jobber told me it is a noncancellable title and the =
> publisher Kluwer Academic would not give us a refund.
>
> Cytogenetic and Genome Research (formerly Cytogenetics & Cell Genetics) =
> was a title change for 2002.  So far $2520 and it has not been published =
> the middle of July.  It is not in OCLC.  It is a Karger publication but =
> I notice on their web page the Society is looking for members. Once =
> again this is supposed to be a noncancellable title.  So we don't have =
> the journal or our money. If it is never published will they refund.  I =
> doubt it.  2002 might be v.95 #1-16 in one issue.
>
> Is it the publishers or the editors who are making life hard and =
> expensive for us. I noticed some messages about General Pharmacology =
> issuing an index and calling it the journal volume for the year for the =
> high price of the journal.  Thank goodness I cancelled that beginning =
> 2001 because it was behind.
>
> Anne C. Bunting
> Collection Management Coordinator
> University of Tennessee
> Health Sciences Library
> 877 Madison Ave
> Memphis, TN 38163
>
> abunting@utmem.edu

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