Re: Color illustrations

["Brian Elkins" <brianelkins@gmail.com>]

Some vendors also overlook preserving advertisements in their digital
copies.  I think this is a huge mistake as there is a lot of reasons why a
researcher might want to review advertisements for a particular journal or
magazine.

Brian Elkins
Library Science Student
Wayne State Univ.
Former employee of major library database provider until recently laid off


On 6/13/06, Aimee Glassel <aglassel@library.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We recently had a patron ask for a color copy of an article from
> a journal we have in the stacks because the illustrations in the
> electronic version were in black and white. The article they
> needed included some very technical illustrations with captions
> indicating the significance of each color. It was not possible to
> distinguish between the colors in the black and white .pdf file.
>
> This has gotten me thinking. Does anyone have any sample language
> that addresses a commitment to provide full color illustrations
> (when there are illustrations) along with the full text? While we
> had access to the print in the situation above, as we convert
> more and more of our subscriptions to e-only, the need for such
> assurances in our licenses seems to be essential.
>
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> Aimee Glassel * aglassel@library.wisc.edu
> Electronic Resources Librarian for Technical Services
> Head, Licensed Resources Unit
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> ph: 608/262-7120 * fax: 608/262-4861
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