Re: Sports Illustrated policy Couillard, Monique 07 Mar 2007 15:38 UTC
Yes I immediately asked my rep at Ebsco to claim the issue! If we do not receive the issue I will have Ebsco follow up. This is sounding like censorship on Time Warner's part - wait until the mainstream media gets wind of this topic... Monique Couilllard Serials Check In Supervisor University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-1972 moniquec@cisunix.unh.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Skwor, Jeanette Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:01 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Sports Illustrated policy And so what was the response when you told her the request was not authorized by your dept & (my assumption, anyway) to go ahead and send it? One would think this would be a great prank for teenagers and drunken college parties. My goodness, they could wreak havoc at their college library! (Or their rivals') I am finding this whole discussion very interesting, and want to encourage you all again, to call Sports Illustrated yourselves. In this case, perhaps to say, do they have many people call & request that issues not be sent? Do they always honor them? Can you request, then, that the next issue not be sent to your neighbor because he has an unnatural interest in Tiger Woods, who you hear is going to be on the cover? Think of it as a good deed, to enliven their workday & sharpen their thinking skills ;-) Jeanette L. Skwor Cofrin Library, Serials Dept. UW-Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Couillard, Monique Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:55 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Sports Illustrated policy Hello Everyone, This is very interesting because we noticed last week that we have not received the Swimsuit issue either! I too contacted my rep at Ebsco who then called the publisher. The response my rep got was as follows: "I called the publisher and they told me that they have a request from someone at the University to not send Volume 106 #7 which is the Swimsuit Issue" I can safely say myself or my two supervisors did not authorize that request! What other answers have libraries received from the publisher on this question? Monique Monique Couillard Serials Check In Supervisor University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-1972 moniquec@cisunix.unh.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Lynne Weaver Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:20 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Sports Illustrated policy Hello, Folks - Shame on the people at Time, Inc., who apparently have decided to censor our receipt of Sports Illustrated. We did not receive v.106 no.7, the Swimsuit Issue. (This is usually dated midway between the second and third February issues, this year the 12th and 19th, so I'm guessing February 16th?) I've been checking a couple of other colleges, who hadn't gotten it either, so I just figured it was delayed. When it still hadn't arrived today, I called EBSCO to claim it. My customer service rep said they've gotten many calls claiming it, and so contacted the publisher. The publisher's response was that they did not send it to "institutions" because they didn't think it was appropriate to do so. It seems to me that if one has a subscription to a title, all issues for that subscription period should be sent. It is up to the recipient to decide what to do with the issue once it is received. By the way, I checked and found that our public library did receive it! I asked our rep to claim it anyway. I'm hoping that all of you out there will also do that. I also intend to send e-mail to SI customer service complaining and claiming the issue. Maybe if they get enough complaints, they'll send it. (I know; I'm an optimist.) If any of you have different/better information, please tell the rest of us. Thanks. Lynne N. Weaver Serials Coordinator Lipscomb Library Randolph-Macon Woman's College 2500 Rivermont Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24503 434 947-8396 434 947-8134 Fax lweaver@rmwc.edu