Re: Elsevier 'associated' subscriptions Tony Goodwyn 19 Apr 2005 20:32 UTC
Is this sort of thing common practice among publishers? Or is this case just limited to Elsevier or a few others? Tony Goodwyn Serials/Electronic Access Librarian St. Olaf College Northfield, MN 55057 --- "van Sickle, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Vansickle@TRINCOLL.EDU> wrote: > The order form asks for the faculty member to supply > institutional > affiliation as well as an e-mail address, etc. As > noted by Kim Maxwell, > Elsevier will call to verify a library subscription. > > Jennifer van Sickle > Serials Librarian/Sciences Coordinator > Trinity College Library > 300 Summit St. > Hartford, CT USA 06106 > > phone: 860-297-2250 > fax: 860-297-2251 > jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion > Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of > Koveleskie, Judith > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:40 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Elsevier 'associated' > subscriptions > > What if the faculty member had it sent to a > different address? How > would Elsevier know? > > I understand that they don't want faculty copies, > paid for at a lower > rate, to drift into the library collection, but how > can they prevent and > individual researcher from obtaining needed > information? > > > Judith A. Koveleskie > Periodicals Librarian > Seton Hill University > Reeves Memorial Library > Greensburg, PA 15601 > 724-838-7828 > This document may contain confidential information > and is intended > solely for the use of the addressee. If you received > it in error, please > contact the sender at once and destroy the document. > The document may > contain information subject to restrictions of the > Family Educational > Rights and Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Acts. > Such information may > not be disclosed or used in any fashion outside the > scope of the service > for which you are receiving the information. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion > Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of van > Sickle, Jennifer > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:56 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Elsevier 'associated' > subscriptions > > Julie, > > Yes, Elsevier will not allow individual faculty to > subscribe to > particular journals unless the college/university > library has a > subscription as well. I confirmed this with their > customer service > department. > > -Jennifer > > Jennifer van Sickle > Serials Librarian/Sciences Coordinator > Trinity College Library > 300 Summit St. > Hartford, CT USA 06106 > > phone: 860-297-2250 > fax: 860-297-2251 > jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion > Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Blake, > Julie C. > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:29 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Elsevier 'associated' > subscriptions > > Jennifer, > > Well, I haven't heard of this at all, > because I'm not even sure > what you're saying. By "restricting" do you mean > that Elsevier will not > allow individual faculty to subscribe if the > organizational library > doesn't? That seems like a real way to lose even > more customers! Except > for research institutions, most of us can't afford > to support individual > faculty research, so I can think of lots of > instances in which an > individual would want a subscription that the > library doesn't have. Or > are they simply refusing to allow the issues to be > donated to a library? > That I can more easily understand. > > Julie > > Julie C. Blake > Collection Management Coordinator and Asst. > Professor LR&TS, St. Cloud > State University > 320-308-4756 > jcblake@stcloudstate.edu > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion > Forum > > [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of van > Sickle, Jennifer > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:18 AM > > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > > Subject: [SERIALST] Elsevier 'associated' > subscriptions > > > > Dear Serialst-ers, > > > > > > > > Perhaps I missed this, but I was unaware of > Elsevier's policy of > > restricting individual subscriptions unless the > corresponding library > > subscribes too. This applies to some of their > journals, but the > > customer service rep did not know the criteria for > choosing which > > journals this applies to. > > Does anyone know if this is a new policy, or is > something that was > > under my radar? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -Jennifer > > > > > > > > Jennifer van Sickle > > > > Serials Librarian/Sciences Coordinator > > > > Trinity College Library > > > > 300 Summit St. > > > > Hartford, CT USA 06106 > > > > > > > > phone: 860-297-2250 > > > > fax: 860-297-2251 > > > > jennifer.vansickle@trincoll.edu > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide