NEJM

[Elizabeth Lorbeer <ELorbeer@rushu.rush.edu>]

Friday, August 24, 2001

How is your institution handling the change in online access to the New
England Journal of Medicine.  To ONLY be able to access the journal online
from 5 workstations on our campus is outrageous!  There is no site
license, and the publisher's remedy is to purchase more individual
subscriptions. Has anyone spoken to the publisher?

Thank you,

Elizabeth Lorbeer, Ed.M., MLS 
Collection Development Manager 
Rush University  
Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago Illinois
elorbeer@rushu.rush.edu <mailto:elorbeer@rushu.rush.edu> 


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Subject:	Important Notice to NEJM Institutional Subscription
Administrators

To: NEJM INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS

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Changes to Online Access Effective October 1, 2001 For The New England
Journal of Medicine Online

August 2001

Dear Administrator:

As you may be aware, The New England Journal of Medicine recently moved
its Internet service, NEJM Online (www.nejm.org) <http://www.nejm.org)> ,
to a new platform at HighWire Press.

Now that NEJM Online is fully established at HighWire, we are changing our
institutional subscriber service as well as adding reporting functions.  
Please read this notice of important changes to your online access method.

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YOUR CURRENT ACCESS:

Users at your institution now access NEJM Online by means of a single
username and password (single concurrent user) that your institution
controls. A second username and password has also been granted to you as
account administrator.

NEW ACCESS METHOD FOR USERS AFTER October 1, 2001:

After October 1, online access for users at institutions subscribing to
NEJM in print will be controlled by IP address.

Institutional On-Site Workstation Access - at no extra cost.

For each NEJM institutional print subscription held by your institution,
you may register up to five (5) specific on-site workstations for IP-based
access at no additional cost.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT AFTER OCTOBER 1, YOUR CURRENT USERNAME AND PASSWORD WILL
NO LONGER WORK.

When you are ready to begin, please go to the area on our website,
identified below and follow the instructions:

1. You will be asked to enter your current administrative
username/password, to establish your identity on the site
		
2. You will then be asked to choose a new password as administrator.
		
3. Please note that you may use your administrative username and new
password to review full text at NEJM Online and perform account
maintenance functions. However, general posting of this username/password
for access by users within your institution is not permitted or
recommended, as it provides access to core maintenance and reporting
functions.
		
4. You will be asked to indicate your acceptance of the Agreement for
Institutional On-Site Workstation Access.
		
5. You may enter up to five specific on-site IP addresses. No wildcards
(*), IP ranges, or proxy servers are permitted.
		
6. Note: if your institution holds multiple print subscriptions to NEJM,
you may enter up to five (5) IP addresses per subscription. Each
subscription, along with its 5 unique IP addresses, must be registered
separately.

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CUT OFF DATE FOR TRANSITION IS OCTOBER 1, 2001:

The final date for activation of your workstations is October 1, 2001.
Please act now to establish your new administrative password and identify
the IP addresses you wish to activate.

Click here to begin the process:
http://nejm.org/custserv/instconvert.asp
<http://nejm.org/custserv/instconvert.asp> 

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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:

If you have comments regarding the above information, you may reply to
this email, or respond directly to: licensing@nejm.org
<mailto:licensing@nejm.org> . Please put the phrase "Changeover" in the
subject line of your message; and identify the name of your institution as
well as your current e-mail address as administrator.

We thank you for your patience and cooperation during this transition
period.

		Eileen Welch
		Director, Online Development
		The New England Journal of Medicine
		Publishing Division

Telephone (781) 434-7040