Re: Access Rights on Informaworld Gormley, Alice 09 Jan 2009 14:24 UTC
I was advised yesterday by TF Informa Customer Service to hold off on trying to determine our actual access, just to leave our holdings as they were with Haworth for the time being. I don't think a final policy is in place yet. The overall gratis access is a nice way of saving themselves and us wear and tear during the transition of helping them clean up the records they received from Haworth and figuring this out. We have always had difficulty with Haworth titles so I think that once the transition is accomplished the care and feeding of these titles via TF Informa will be much better for us. Best wishes-- Alice Alice Gormley Serials Librarian Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Edwards, Laura Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld You can browse the journal list at Informaworld to see what titles your institution has access to. The journal list in Informaworld has icons next to those titles that your institution subscribes to, including those Haworth titles that were transferred. The icons vary in color depending on the type of access you have (full or partial). This is the way I found out whether we had been given access to the Haworth titles that we subscribed to. We have access to most of our Haworth titles, and I notified Informaworld about those titles where our subscriptions did not seem to transfer from Haworth to Informaworld. Laura Edwards Electronic Resources Access Librarian Liaison to the Departments of English and Economics Eastern Kentucky University Libraries laura.edwards@eku.edu 859.622.1783 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Rais, Shirley (LLU) Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:51 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld I had the same question--how can I verify my access rights if everything is free! I contacted support@informaworld.com and heard back within 24 hours. Here's the relevant part of their reply: "Thank you for your email, the Haworth journals are free of charge up until the 22/1/2009. Once the free access is cancelled you should get the access to your Haworth subscriptions. Please forward a list of your Haworth subscriptions and we can check that these are linked into the main account correctly to that you do not have a problem with your access once the gratis access is cancelled. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us. Be sure to mention your account ID in all correspondence with us." I sent them a list today showing my current Haworth access. Shirley Rais, MLS Chair, Serials & Electronic Resources Dept. Loma Linda University Libraries Ph: 909-558-4583 Fx: 909-558-4919 srais@llu.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of John H Reidelbach Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:29 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Access Rights on Informaworld Did I miss an announcement from Informaworld about some sort of free access period for some of their journal titles beginning in 2009? The reason I am asking is that I have been double checking our online holdings in moving our Haworth Press subscriptions to the Informaworld platform and I have discovered that a number of our paid subscriptions are currently listed as "free access" including expanded back file access. A few examples are provided below: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Access on Haworth Press site was from 1993 to present Access on Informaworld is now from 12/12/1990 to present and indicated as "free access" Journal of Organizational Behavior Management Access on Haworth Press site was from 1993 to present Access on Informaworld is now from 09/10/1977 to present and indicated as "free access" Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community Access on Haworth Press site was from 2000 to present Access on Informaworld is now from 10/26/1996 to present and indicated as "free access" Has anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon? Now I'm not sure how to list our access period for these Informaworld holdings in our A-Z list. I have a feeling that the "free access" expanded content won't last long but how do I know? John Reidelbach Licensing and Electronic Resources Access Librarian University of Nebraska at Omaha Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library 6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68182-0237 E-mail: jreidelb@mail.unomaha.edu Phone: 402-554-2846 Fax: 402-554-3215 Blog: Criss Library Focus On Online http://focusononline.blogspot.com Library Guide: Criss 2: Your Other Life http://libguides.unomaha.edu/content.php?pid=26660