perpetual electronic access rights for a society's journal hosted by a commercial publisher

["Diana Ryan" <diana.ryan@jefferson.edu>]

Hello,

My library is in the process of identifying journal holdings in 
our print collection which might be replaced by electronic access 
either by our purchasing electronic backfiles or through a 
trusted third party like NLM's PubMedCentral or emerging 
preservation coalitions.  We've developed a number of criteria 
which must be met before we consider such a replacement and 
perpetual access is a very important one.

I've come across a title, Academic Radiology, whose future 
electronic availability is not clear to us.  AR is published by 
the Association of University Radiologists, however it is hosted 
on the ScienceDirect platform. Does its availability on the SD 
platform guarantee perpetual access as if it were one of 
Elsevier's own journals?  Is this one of the terms in the license 
agreement between associations and commercial publishers who 
offer perpetual access?  How do journals hosted by Highwire fit 
into this picture?

Any insight or information about policy related to this issue is 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Diana Ryan, MLS
Director of Collection Management
Scott Memorial Library
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Walnut St., Room 201
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-2829