Re: delays in publication Feustel, Carol (feustecs) 19 Feb 2004 21:30 UTC
I also encourage the cancellation of extremely delayed journals. I have a few that were cancelled 2 years ago that I *still* haven't received all the issues! When a journal is requested, I look at the publication pattern for both it and the publisher. If the publisher is consistently delayed publishing its journals I will point that out to the requestor and suggest they locate a substitute. Carol Feustel One Nation Under God ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wise People Still Seek Him ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carol S. Feustel phone: 513-558-0179 Journals Specialist fax: 513-558-1709 Health Sciences Library email: carol.feustel@uc.edu University of Cincinnati MSB R101 Box 670574 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0574 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Address will soon change to 122 Wherry Box 670561, 3223 Eden Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0561** The Original Journal Goddess. Accept no imitations!! Opinions expressed are mine, not my employers A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. (Hershy) -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Jones [mailto:djones@SFBR.ORG] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:02 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] delays in publication I routinely use 'consistently running late' as a criterion for canceling journals during annual subscription review. This is how I was able to eliminate most of our Gordon & Breach titles in the 1980's and 1990's in another position I held at the time. Titles that are seriously running behind in their publication schedule go on my "troubled titles" list, and faculty generally are supportive in canceling them. Price is less an issue than the fact that the titles are not producing, and I faculty see this as a sign that such journals probably don't have a future anyway. Danny ======================= Daniel H. Jones, M.L.S. Librarian Preston G. Northrup Memorial Library Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Shipping address: 7620 NW Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78227-5301 Mailing address: P.O. Box 760549 San Antonio, TX 78245-0549 Tel: 210-258-9426 Fax: 210-670-3313 Email: djones@sfbr.org ======================= -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Carroll Bunting Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:49 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] delays in publication Definitely. They are usually expensive title too. Most of them will be behind all year and they get an issue for the year out in December. They are getting our money but we aren't getting much for it. The publishers are still sending the renewal notices out even when they are behind. Anne C. Bunting University of Tennessee Health Sciences Library Memphis abunting@utmem.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Black" <blacks@MAIL.STROSE.EDU> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:31 AM Subject: [SERIALST] delays in publication > Our last "Bulletin of Serials Changes" from our vendor EBSCO showed that > almost 10% of our subscribed titles are delayed in publication. This seems > to be a higher percentage than I've seen before. Do others share the > impression that more titles are delayed now than in past years? > > Steve Black > Reference, Instruction, and Serials Librarian > Neil Hellman Library > The College of Saint Rose > 392 Western Ave. > Albany, NY 12203 > (518) 458-5494 > blacks@mail.strose.edu >