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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:46:00 EST
From: John.Stevenson@MVS.UDEL.EDU
Subject: Re: Journal of the National Cancer I

We have not yet been able to resume our subscription which had been coming
through the Federal Depository Library Program, but there is some information
available on the situation with this title.

Wayne Kelley, Superintendent of Documents, said at the Federal Documents Task
Force Update at ALA Midwinter that this title and the NCI Monographs had been
sold to Oxford University Press in a secret agreement. He refused the option
of knowing the details of the agreement when told that he would not be able to
disclose the terms of the agreement between NCI and Oxford University Press.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) wants people to become members in order to
receive their journal or monographs. According to their web page, membership
costs $100 for U.S. members and $150 for non-U.S. members per year. Program
information is available from the following web page,
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/jnci/iapinfo.html
or by calling 1-800-NCI-7890 within the United States or 301-496-7600 outside
the United States

None of the 1997 issues are available at this writing from their web page at
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/jnci/jnci_issues.html

John Stevenson
University of Delaware Library

>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 08:23:41 -0600
>From: Alfred Kraemer <akraemer@POST.ITS.MCW.EDU>
>To: SEREDIT@uvmvm.uvm.edu
>Subject: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
>
>According to the 'Administrative Notes' the above journal will no longer
>be available as a depository item, instead it will supposedly continue in
>some type of 'venture' with Oxford University Press. So far I have not
>seen any information on the availability of a subscription. This journal
>accounted for 289 uses at this library.
>
>Has any other library already located subscription information and/or
>started a subscription? If so, would you share this information with us?
>
>Any other information that sheds light on this apparently abrupt
>transition would also be appreciated.
>
>                        Sincerely,
>
>
>                                Alfred B. Kraemer
>                                Head of Technical Services
>                                Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries
>                                8701 Watertown Plank Road
>                                Milwaukee, WI 53226
>                                (414) 456-4273
>                                E-Mail: akraemer@post.its.mcw.edu