Hi, Erin – University of Kansas Libraries cancelled our print subscription to Black Enterprise in 1995.  Our print holdings show many gaps through the years that we did maintain a print subscription.  

 

We have online access through multiple aggregator databases, as shown immediately below.  If your library subscribes to any of these databases, you may have at least some true online access to this title.  The most recent issue I’m finding in most of the aggregators is the July/Aug 2016 issue. 

 

Black enterprise  (0006-4165)  View Terms of Use    Citation Linker

	from 05/01/1990 to present in MasterFILE Premier
	from 05/01/1990 to present in Academic Search Alumni Edition
	from 04/01/1994 to present in OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson)
	from 05/01/1990 to present in Small Business Reference Center
	from 05/01/1990 to present in Business Source Complete
	from 05/01/1990 to present in Academic Search Complete
	from 05/01/1990 to present in Business Source Alumni Edition
	from 01/01/1987 to present in ProQuest Research Library
	from 01/01/1987 to present in Ethnic NewsWatch
	from 12/01/1991 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP
	from 08/01/1970 to 12/31/2000 in Google Magazines
	from 12/01/1991 to present in Academic OneFile
	from 12/01/1991 to present in General OneFile
	from 01/01/1987 to present in ABI/INFORM Collection
	from 12/01/1991 to present in Business Insights: Essentials
	from 01/01/1992 to present in LexisNexis Academic

 

On the publisher’s website, using this link  http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/to-our-print-magazine-subscribers/ , there is the below information posted back in Feb 2015 – and obviously the publisher is still having problems fulfilling its print format subscriptions, as you’ve experienced and described.  That fact that the publisher hasn’t updated the information is another indication that this continues to be the “status quo” for this title.  It’s dubious that this title will totally rectify its situation and continue robustly in print format.  Perhaps it would be to your library’s advantage to at least discuss dropping the print and rely instead on online access, if you can, because you’re continuing to pay for issues that you’re not receiving, and you’re spending staff time and resources to “chase” the print issues that may never become available (more about that down below).  Although the publisher is making current issues available digitally, they are only available via email, which is geared toward individual subscribers and does not work well in a library setting, because it isn’t going to get the content out to all your users via IP addresses.   

 

This title and its situation is a prime example of how much better it would be if a publisher, if at all possible, would find a way to make the decision to discontinue the print and move to online access – and make it truly online, NOT just via email.   

To Our Print Magazine Subscribers

We apologize for the delayed delivery of our print magazines. We are now making digital editions of Black Enterprise available to all print subscribers, at no additional cost.

by Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.    Posted: February 17, 2015

Two years ago, in the March 2013 issue of Black Enterprise magazine, I announced the beginning of major changes for Black Enterprise, as part of our unflagging mission to be your most trusted source of information and inspiration for business, financial and career success. Since then, we have pursued an aggressive agenda of change and expansion, including our transformation from a 20th century magazine publisher to a 21st century, digitally focused, multimedia company. Central to these changes is our ongoing investment in expanding digital distribution of our content, including digital editions of Black Enterprise magazine.

Though we’ve achieved significant success since then, there have also been major challenges with our transformation. The most obvious of these is our difficulty with maintaining timely production and distribution of print editions of Black Enterprise, with print subscribers receiving the past several issues weeks, and even months, after their publication dates.

We sincerely apologize to you and all of our subscribers for the unjustifiable lateness of the receipt of our print magazines. To be perfectly honest, we underestimated the severity of the impact our changes would have on production and distribution of the printed editions of the magazine, as well as the length of time it would take to resolve these challenges. We are working diligently to be back on schedule in the coming months. We guarantee that you will receive every single print edition of the magazine your subscription entitles you to.

It is important to note that the issues impacting production of our print magazine have had zero impact on the timely availability of digital editions of Black Enterprise. Our digital subscribers have enjoyed Black Enterprise magazine without delay or interruption in the receipt of each issue, up to and including this one. In fact, our digital edition has long been the best, fastest, and easiest way to access the magazine.

Effective immediately, we are now making digital editions of Black Enterprise available to all print subscribers, at no additional cost, which will provide you with immediate access to every issue, including those you may have yet to receive.

To access your digital subscription, simply go to www.blackenterprise.com/customerservice, enter your account number (located on the mailing label, above your address) and select Add/Change My E-mail Address. After updating your account with your e-mail address you will receive monthly digital editions of Black Enterprise via e-mail.

Again, we apologize for the delay with our distribution of the print edition of our magazine and will have a full resolution to this problem shortly. In the interim we invite you to enjoy free access to digital editions of Black Enterprise. We appreciate your loyalty and patience as we continue to transform our company to better serve our mission of helping you to achieve Wealth for Life.

Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. is the president and CEO of Black Enterprise.

-- Gaele Gillespie

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E. Gaele Gillespie

Serials Librarian

Acquisitions & RS Dept.

University of Kansas Libraries

Watson Library

1425 Jayhawk Blvd Rm 210 S

Lawrence, KS  66045-7544

Ph: 785-864-3051

Fax: 785-864-3855 (to my attention)

Email: ggillespie@ku.edu

 

 

Good afternoon, everyone.

 

I am seeking information about Black Enterprise.

 

We did not receive the December 2014 - November 2015 issues. When I called the distributor in March, they advised that those issues were not printed at the time of publication but were going to be printed and sent out within the next few months. However, we still have not received them.

 

We did receive the Dec 2015/Jan2016, Feb 2016, and Mar 2016 issues.

 

When I spoke to the distributor in July, they advised that no issue was published for April 2016, but that the May 2016 issue had been mailed in June and that the Jun 2016 issue was being mailed in July. However, we still haven’t received those issues or anything else dated more recently than Mar 2016.

 

I have attempted to contact the publisher but have been unsuccessful.

 

Are other libraries experiencing a similar situation? Do you have any information that could help me? Or any extra copies of these issues? J

 

I greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Erin Blower

Serials Assistant

 

University of Missouri-Columbia

52 Ellis Library

1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO  65201-5149

 

tel:  573-884-2368

fax: 573-884-5243

BlowerE@missouri.edu

 

 

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