Summare of responses re: T&F change in print frequency Virginia Taffurelli 14 Mar 2006 15:42 UTC
Good morning, fellow SERIALSTers. Thank you to all who responded to my query of how other libraries are dealing with this situation. And thanks to Ashleigh Bell (from Taylor & Francis) who clarified that perpetual online access would be available for years in which a subscription was held (her full response is listed below). Ashleigh is also to be commended for notifying the serials community through this discussion list of the new print schedule for selected titles. I received fourteen responses, all from academic libraries, including one from Germany. Two of the respondents were from the medical/health science library of their institution. Since we are a public research library, our situation is somewhat different, but I appreciate all the responses. They will help me when I try to convince our administrators that we need to move in the same direction. As promised, here is a summary of those responses: · 9 Yes – provide access to “free-with-print” · 1 Yes – if there is no license agreement · 1 Yes – if it is not also available in one of the aggregated databases or if database has an embargo period · 1 Yes – if access is available through ip recognition · 1 No – do not provide access to “free-with-print” One respondent sent a detailed list of conditions for providing access for “free-with-print.” Most notably, she does not add access for titles in aggregated databases, except for JSTOR which has a rolling wall embargo period. Access is set up for titles prone to theft or when there is a significant lag time between the online version and the print, such as with selected Taylor & Francis titles. Two respondents stated that they are moving toward online only where possible. Rationale for providing access: · Someone else may be using the print issue · Vols. are unavailable for weeks at a time while they are sent to the bindery · Remote users have access to online version o my comment: this works well in an academic setting; we are a public library and can’t offer remote access at this time · usage statistics available · online access supports library's goal of meeting user needs Notable comments: · that is what our users demand [my emphasis] · more and more the online content is up online before the print issues reach us · free online is not as volatile as it used to be Response from Ashleigh Bell (Taylor & Francis): The reason we include online access 'free' with a print subscription is if we attach a price to the online version then we must charge vat on a proportion of the print plus online subscription cost which will have a detrimental effect for our European customers and their library budgets. We want to protect them from this expenditure. If you take a print plus online, or online only subscription and should cancel the subscription you will retain perpetual access to the volumes where a subscription was held. Your online access would not go away. Thank you all once again for your responses. Virginia Virginia Taffurelli Head of Technical Processing Science, Industry and Business Library The New York Public Library 188 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016-4314 Phone: (212) 592-7234 FAX: (212) 592-7233 email: vtaffurelli@nypl.org