My
library has recently discovered our longstanding subscription to the
Canadian
Journal of Veterinary Research has changed from print to online, but
the online
delivery methods are problematic for us.
The
current issue can be found on the publisher’s website but it requires a
password to access it, and this is not feasible for an institution with
our
enrollment.
The
publisher also sent us a copy of the issue as an email attachment to
us, with these
instructions:
Our
method of sending this journal to you each quarter will
be in PDF-format. Please note that it is permitted for you
to put it onto your intranet or Web site with password protection,
and/or print a copy and bind it, or alternatively, you can copy the PDF
to
a CDROM for circulation among library patrons.
This
title is also being made available on PubMed Central but the most
recent issue
of this quarterly will not be available there, so if we want our
patrons to
have access to it, we need to make the email version available in some
way.
We
were interested in finding out if other libraries have dealt with the
issue of
e-mail serial subscriptions, and how they decided to make it available
to their
public.
Thank
you,
Janet Arcand
ER Coordinator, Acquisitions Dept
204 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
USA
jarcand@iastate.edu
515-294-6650 phone
515-294-1885 fax