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Patricia · 11-07-2007, 04:05 PM

I like being able to access journals via Jstor from home. Also my university library subscribes to a number of journals in electronic versions, so as to save space on the shelves.
But there is one major problem. If we cancel the subscription to a printed journal then we still have the paper copies on the library shelves. If we cancel the electronic subscription then we are ****ed: the entire run vanishes.
Moreover, publishers are making it harder to alter electronic subscriptions because they tend to bundle essential journals with less valuable ones, so we can't cancel just one subscription when our needs change.

11-07-2007, 04:05 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I like being able to access journals via Jstor from home. Also my university library subscribes to a number of journals in electronic versions, so as to save space on the shelves. But there is one major problem. If we cancel the subscription to a printed journal then we still have the paper copies on the library shelves. If we cancel the electronic subscription then we are ****ed: the entire run vanishes. Moreover, publishers are making it harder to alter electronic subscriptions because they tend to bundle essential journals with less valuable ones, so we can't cancel just one subscription when our needs change.