It reads best from bottom to top! -Marcia

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:10:46 -0500
From: Kent Mulliner <mulliner@ohio.edu>
To: Marcia Tuttle <tuttle@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Strange subscription policy -- journal of forensic sciences

Marcia,
         Certainly.  It may be worth noting that I also wrote the President
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and received the
following reply (which is encouraging).
                 kent

>From: Graham Jones <Graham.Jones@gov.ab.ca>
>To: "'Kent Mulliner'" <mulliner@ohio.edu>
>Subject: RE: Institutional Subscriptions to Journal of Forensic Sciences
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:35:32 -0700
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>
>Dear Kent:
>I agree that sounds like an odd arrangement. I will ask the JFS editor (who
>is appointed by AAFS) to look into the matter. You will hear back from one
>of us as soon as we can get the matter resolved.
>Thanks for letting me know!
>Best wishes,
>Graham R. Jones, Ph.D.
>Chief Toxicologist
>Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
>7007 - 116 Street
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 5R8
>Phone 780-427-4987
>Fax 780-422-1265

At 03:57 PM 12/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Kent, May I re-post this message on SERIALST?
>
>Marcia Tuttle, Current SERIALST Moderator
>
>On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Kent Mulliner wrote:
>
> >          I have just encountered one of the strangest arrangements for
> > subscriptions to e-journals that I have encountered.  For the Journal of
> > Forensic Sciences (which is distributed electronically by ASTM), I am
> > advised by ASTM that an annual subscription runs Jan-November (an 11 month
> > year).  In order to access the journal in December, one has to have
> > renewed for the following year (even though the subscription period for
> > that year is also January - November).
> >
> >          I confess that this ranks right near the top on the e-journal
> > rationality scale.
> >
> > K. Mulliner       Collection Development Coordinator
> > Ohio University Libraries                       PHONE:  740-593-2707
> > Athens, OH 45701-2978, USA      FAX:    740-593-2708
> > mulliner@ohio.edu
> >
> >

K. Mulliner       Collection Development Coordinator

Ohio University Libraries                       PHONE:  740-593-2707
Athens, OH 45701-2978, USA      FAX:    740-593-2708
mulliner@ohio.edu