The problem that I’ve encountered is
with Highwire journals. Small society publishers put journal backfiles on
Highwire for free, then later quietly yank some or all of the free content. This
information is not transmitted to link resolver companies and we certainly don’t
hear about it at the library level. So it takes a patron stumbling onto the
lack of access before anyone knows about it.
Diane Westerfield
Electronic Resources and Serials
Librarian
Colorado College, Tutt Library
(719) 389-6661
(719) 389-6082 (fax)
diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu
From: SERIALST: Serials
in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Diane
Netting Paldan
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:42 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Publisher change in policy -- Back Access to
Journals
I was wondering is anyone else is experiencing this
problem. We have set up access to content of a journal when the
publisher was giving back year access to all the years online – included with
current subscription to title. Then at some point the publisher
changes back year access to a cut off date – often starting it sometime in the
1990’s. This may occur once they judge their back access can
be sold separately.
The question – is anyone getting notification of the changes
in access. From publishers? From vendors?
Diane
Diane Paldan
Serials/Preservation
Materials Processing & Preservation
Technical Services
135 Science and Engineering Library
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-0222