Re: FW: exclusive contracts between magazine, news publishers and aggregators Laura Davis 26 Jan 2010 22:48 UTC
Not sure if this is a comprehensive discussion, but here's where I heard about the details: ICOLC Confidential List consort@ohiolink.edu http://ohiolink.edu/mailman/listinfo/consort --Laura Davis University of Washington Health Sciences Library ldavis@u.washington.edu On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Wilma Dague wrote: > > Does anyone have a good link of a site that epitomizes this conversation? I > keep getting fragments but have not found a comprehensive treatment. > > > > Best regards, > > Wilma Weant Dague > Serials Coordinator > Benedictine College Library > > St. Benedict's Abbey Library > 1020 North 2nd St. > Atchison, KS 66002 > > > > (913) 360-7610 > wdague@benedictine.edu > > > > From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum > [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Downing Caitlin > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:38 AM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: [SERIALST] FW: exclusive contracts between magazine, news > publishers and aggregators > > > > Serialisters: > > Has this issue been discussed at all on Serialist? I may have missed it! > (That a deal was made where EBSCO will now be the sole aggregator for many > high-use titles such as Time and Forbes and Sports Illustrated? That these > titles will no longer be available through ProQuest (for example?) > > > > > > Caitlin Downing > > Library - Periodicals > > Santa Rosa Jr. College > > 1501 Mendocino Ave. > > Santa Rosa, CA 95401 > (707) 527-4543 > > > > > > > > > > > > There?s actually a LOT of discussion on the web about this (some of it going > back to last summer). > > > > Just google > > > > EBSCO "exclusive contracts" > > > > if you want to read more. Apparently there?s a longer list of titles than > Time and Forbes which was just announced at ALA Midwinter. Here?s one I saw > yesterday on a school library website: > > > > ?So EBSCO will now be the SOLE aggregator for such titles as: > > > > * Time > > * Time for Kids > > * History Today > > * People > > * People Espanol > > * Sports Illustrated > > * Sports Illustrated for Kids > > * US News & World Report > > * Entrepreneur > > * Forbes > > * Fortune > > * Harvard Business Review > > * Kiplinger's Personal Finance > > * Money > > * Discover > > * National Review > > * New Republic > > * Science > > * New Scientist ? > > > > If all of these are really included, certainly does not bode well. > > > > KMcG > > > > > > > > > > Here is more on the item regarding publications being removed from Gale that > Kathy sent around earlier this week. There is extensive discussion about > this issue taking place on the Communications Librarians? listserv. It?s > indicative of the troubled state of the publishing industry. > > > > -NP > > >