Marcella,

This question is of interest to me, could you please post responses to
list?

Many thanks,

Mary Edwards
Librarian
Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
2900 31st Street
Santa Monica, CA  90405
310-314-6154
meedwards@edmc.edu

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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcella Lesher
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:32 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Archival Access to Online Purchases

I am in the process of trying to verify what happens to our access  if
we convert our print titles to online subscriptions and then later have
to cancel the online as well.  In most cases I am  finding that  we will
continue to "own"  purchased  online volumes even if we eventually
cancel the title completely.  I know that a lot of other libraries have
already gone throught this process and I'm wondering if there is a
better way to do this?  I've been going through the publishers' web
sites, reading the FAQs and then emailing if  I can't find the answer
online.   We have a  small print collection (about 700 titles) which is
getting smaller because of budget issues.  I ' m assuming that larger
libraries may be following a more streamlined procedure.   Not a new
topic, I realize,  but I'd like to hear about what others might be
doing.

Marcella Lesher
Periodicals Librarian
Blume Library
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX