Re: RN vs. Healthcare Traveler - the mystery continues Liz Breier 21 Jan 2010 20:31 UTC
I had a similar story with these publications. I was informed that it had ceased, and we were sent a copy of Healthcare traveler. Looking it over we decided not add it to our collection. It is full of ads and there seems only to be 1 section devoted to the RN. BUT, I got my money back and I am still receiving HT. Go figure? Liz Breier Jewish General Hospital Health Sciences Library 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Rd., Montreal, PQ H3T 1E2 514-340-8222 x5929 fax 514-340-7552 liz.breier@mail.mcgill.ca lbreier@jgh.mcgill.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "McElfresh, Laura" <laura.mcelfresh@OSUOKC.EDU> To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [SERIALST] RN vs. Healthcare Traveler - the mystery continues My guess is: whoever edited the OCLC record took the publisher at their word & treated it as a merge, but #2 is what actually ended up happening (and the publisher doesn't understand the difference between a merge and a cease). Looking at Healthcare Traveler, I don't see much content overlap with RN -- seems like RN did actually cease, and the publisher subbed in HT so as to send us *something*. ...sigh. Sometimes serials work is a roller coaster. Sometimes it's more like a tilt-a-whirl. Or one of those 8-story freefall drop rides... Laura Kane McElfresh Asst. Director, Library Services Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City 900 N. Portland Ave. Phone: 405-945-9104 Oklahoma City, OK 73107 Fax: 405-945-3289 -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Pope Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:41 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] RN vs. Healthcare Traveler - the mystery continues Well, I have gotten back many responses about my question regarding RN and Healthcare Traveler. Thank you very much for your responses. However, they bring to mind even more questions. Several people even copied and pasted what the publisher or a vendor emailed to them. Almost all the responses I got are from two different camps: 1) RN merged into Healthcare Traveler. 2) RN simply ceased and the Healthcare Traveler issues received in 2009 were merely to fill out the rest of the subscription. What I don't understand is if #2 is true, why is there an added entry in the OCLC record for Healthcare Traveler for previous title? If RN did not really merge into Healthcare Traveler, RN would simply be a dead title. Perhaps the publisher does not understand the difference between a merge and a ceased title? Working in serials is kind of like riding on a roller coaster with lots of twists and turns . . . Thank you. Sincerely, Barbara M. Pope, MALS Periodicals/Reference Librarian Axe Library Pittsburg State University 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg KS 66762 620-235-4884 bpope@pittstate.edu