This morning I sent out an email on my library’s REF-L email list (everybody who could potentially answer a reference question) about the problem with JSTOR.  I flagged it in every way possible so that the message would be taken seriously – sent the email marked high importance, included a message in all-caps red letters at the top telling people to get acquainted with the new JSTOR and the OpenURL problem.  I also threw in a screen shot of the Advanced Search, with the check box for “Include content only I can access” in a big red circle.    

Basically I don’t want anyone to get caught unawares when school starts and the questions start rolling in, or receive unpleasant surprises in an instruction session.

Aaaaand while writing this,  I just got the first phone call from a faculty member concerned over a login message she saw on a journal in a collection we don’t own.  This will probably be the first concerned phone call of many.

Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & 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 Stokes, Judith
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:07 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] JSTOR article sales

According to http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/26/jstor

JSTOR has agreed to suppress from search results articles that require additional payment to view in full, at least until they offer Open URL linking.

Has anyone seen a date for this? If they get it done before Monday, I don’t have anything to worry about. After that, the complaints will start rolling in.

Thanks,

Judith

Judith E. Stokes

Associate Professor

Electronic Resources/Serials Librarian

Rhode Island College

600 Mount Pleasant Avenue

Providence, RI 02908-1991

401.456.8165