Indexes Discarding Radcliff, Joyce 12 May 2004 21:14 UTC
Hello Colleagues, How many of you are holding onto your Indexes (Readers Guide, Education, etc.)? I'm inclined to hold them since they come in handy when the computers are down. Please give me your reasons to hold on to them. We stopped taking them in the late 90's. Joyce -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of John Lucas Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:43 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Alert and a Question on Gastroenterology Clinics of N.A. Colleagues: First off, the opinions below are my own and not of this instution or is its policy. (That said) For those of us familiar with the Saunders (now Elsevier) ... Clinics of North America, For at least 2 issues in the last 2 years Vol 32 # 3 Sept. 2003 and now Vol. 33 # 1 March 2004, the Gastroenterology Clinics of North America have issued the regular BOUND issue and included an Unbound Supplement ! v. 32 # 3 Theme = Pediatric Gastroenterology Supplement = Pharmacological principles governing the use of Proton Pump Inhibitors: Tailoring therapy to improve GERD outcomes The supplement says it is based on a CME symposium... held in 2001 ! v. 33 # 1 Theme = Non cardiac chest pain Supplement = Maximizing the benefits of antiviral therapy for HCV: The advantages of treating side effects. This supplement has a CME questions and answers part, has release, review, and expiration dates for the CME activity. As we know, the various .... Clinics of North America have a central theme for each issue and although we can comprehend a little better than the "lay person" what is what, I do not see a connection of either of these issues and wonder why the supplements are not included as part of a thematic issue? Both Supplements are sponsored by different companies. The articles in both supplements are indexed on PubMed, so from now until the end of time, someone is going to want to read the articles. We had the 2003 supplement bound with the issue because it is defined with the issue number and will probably do so with this one. I hope that someone at Saunders / Elsevier reads this and forwards on to the appropriate people who can come to a consensus about these supplements and to either: 1. Bind the supplement with the issue. 2. Bind the supplement separately. 3. Don't bother to publish the supplements at all so there is no indexing. 4. Come up with some other way to publish these supplements. 5. Some possible senario not listed above. Chances are once supplements are published as they are here, it will spread to the other ... Clinics of North America. Sorry if my ranting/raving is somewhat incoherent. I know you will figure it out. John Lucas Serials Librarian University of Mississippi Medical Center 2500 North State St Jackson, MS 39216-4505 (PH) (601) 984-1277 (FAX) ( 601) 984-1262 JLUCAS@ROWLAND.UMSMED.EDU