Re: Wiley EAL license T Thompson 28 May 2009 14:19 UTC
Christine, love the reference! I have passed this letter on to all of our faculty in the library. I was glad to see that we are not alone in our troubles. Unfortunately, I don't have the authority to take a similar stance though I am encouraging it. We are going to have to make cuts for our FY11 year. I will strongly recommend that we start with titles held by publishers that are not willing to work with libraries. The publishers are only hurting themselves with these attitudes as the library is their biggest customer. (Publishers, are you listening?) Individuals or even college departments cannot afford the six-figure subscriptions that we have. We have a consortia arrangement for our Wiley titles. Every year, it is a nightmare. Wiley is difficult to work with and their system is confusing. I would not shed a tear of remorse if we were to drop every Wiley title. (Also Elsevier for that matter) Tracey Thompson Acquisitions Librarian New Mexico State University Library MSC 3475 P.O. Box 30006 Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006 (p) 575-646-8093 (f) 575-646-7477 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Ryan Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:37 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Wiley EAL license EAL = enhanced access license. Oxymoron = a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect (Compliments of dictionary.reference.com). <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Christine E. Ryan UC Foundation Associate Professor & Electronic Resources Librarian University of Tennessee at Chattanooga voice: 423-425-4470 email: chris-ryan@utc.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> This correspondence should be considered public record and subject to public inspection pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act. -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Mina Davenport Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:42 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Wiley EAL license Linda, thanks for standing up to them. I know it's hard, it's really painful, but someone has to start. I don't have any online journals from Wiley except Cancer and, the Blackwell titles, which of course are no longer any good because of Wiley's lack of foresight in honoring their agreement to keep Blackwell titles as is. If they pull that on me with Cancer, then I will not hesitate to cancel. I do have a question: what does EAL stand for? God bless Mina Mina Davenport, Librarian Childrens Hospital Health Sciences Library 747 52nd Street Oakland CA 94609 USA (510) 428-3448 (p) (510) 601-3963 (f) mdavenport@mail.cho.org