Tandem titles (3 messages) Birdie MacLennan 06 Oct 1994 14:41 UTC
3 messages, 100 lines: ------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 08:28:23 CDT From: Connie Foster <RFOSTERC@WKYUVM.WKU.EDU> Subject: Re: "tandem titles" In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 5 Oct 1994 15:57:53 EST from <RUMSCHLAG@BUTLER.EDU> When we get notices like that, I forward to the librarian in charge of that fund account or the collection development coordinator. Usually they approve adding the new title. I agree, however, that this practice is frustrating and one more burden on the budget. In a few cases like a Canadian newsletter and periodical (PROBE/SCAN) about Canadian composers, etc., I believe they actually COMBINED publications. That was a nice change. No, the price didn't decrease! I also forward any unusual price increase letters that we get from our vendor and give the librarians and their liaisons the opportunity to know of the exorbitant jump. Once again, they usually deem it worthwhile to keep in the collection. connie foster, western kentucky university rfosterc@wkyuvm.wku.edu --------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 08:03:55 EDT From: Martha Kellogg <MHK@URIACC.URI.EDU> Subject: Tandem titles Regarding Denise's questions on "tandem titles": 1) Is this a growing trend? In the eight years I have been handling serials at the URI Library, it was my impression that these enforced combination titles have slightly decreased. The Ecology/Ecological Applications was the first one I've seen in quite a while. Some others have split (e.g. Journal of Chromatography) allowing the library to purchase only the parts you want. It is extremely aggravating when the publishers pull this marketing ploy, however. 2) What have we done in this situation? We notify subject selectors/ collection management of what has happened and recommend cancellation. We write a letter to the publisher protesting the practice and notifying them of our cancellation and the reasons for it, with a copy to our subscription agent. I believe enough of these cancellation letters to the publishers has been the reason for the decrease in the number of price increases due to combining of titles in the last few years. If you really are cancelling, be sure to write the publishers and tell them why! They will never change their ways if we don't let them know our concerns. Martha Kellogg Acquisitions Librarian University of Rhode Island Library ----------------------- From: Rolfe Gjellstad <REG@herald.divinity.yale.edu> Subject: RE: "tandem titles" Date: Wed, 05 Oct 94 16:42:00 EDT Would it help to think of it as another membership package deal? Rolfe Gjellstad Serials and Preservation Librarian E-mail: Rolfe_Gjellstad@Yale.edu Yale Divinity Library Voice: 203-432-5295 409 Prospect Street FAX: 203-432-3906 New Haven, CT 06511-2108 ---------- Subject: "tandem titles" Date: Wednesday, October 05, 1994 3:57PM We recently received notice from the Ecological Society of America that we must now order "Ecological Applications" if we want to continue receiving another of their publications, "Ecology". Like most libraries these days, we have a very tight budget for journals and we are continually culling our journal subscriptions. We have had to make painful decisions to cut useful journals because we can not "keep them all". Having just completed the latest round of journal cuts, I very much resent being forced to purchase an unwanted title to get one we do want. Is this a growing trend with publishers? What have other libraries done in this situation? Although we would like to keep Ecology we may have no choice but to drop the subscription. Thanks for letting me vent... -Denise The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frankl Denise Rumschlag Science Library Rumschlag@Butler.edu Butler University 317/283-9401 Indianapolis, IN 46208