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Re: JSTOR Print Titles: To Be, or Not To Be...? Jill Brungardt 19 Apr 2005 14:22 UTC

Tony,
I too will chime in on this. We do exactly the same thing as Micheline
and Tanis, and also for the same reasons.

Just another 2 cents,

Jill Brungardt

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Micheline Brown
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:24 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] JSTOR Print Titles: To Be, or Not To Be...?

Tony,

Not to be repetitious, but we do the same thing that Tanis's institution
does and for the same reasons).

Micheline

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tanis L. Kreiger" <kreigt@RPI.EDU>
To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] JSTOR Print Titles: To Be, or Not To Be...?

> Hi Tony,
>
> Yes, we do currently subscribe to both print and electronic for some
JSTOR
> titles.     Space is a concern for us as well, and we have also made a
> commitment to providing electronic instead of print whenever feasible.

> We currently withdraw all volumes available electronically from JSTOR.

> For those titles that we also purchase in print, we maintain print for
whatever
> falls beyond the moving wall (ie. current 5 years, current 3 years,
> etc.).  We review the JSTOR holdings twice a year and pull
accordingly.
We
> provide ILL services to the entire campus and Document Delivery for
faculty
> and graduate students.  In the event that the electronic version was
> unavailable, we would use these services to provide the article in
question.
>
> Tanis Kreiger