Re: Print-Only Subscription Trend

["Stephen Mears" <Stephen.Mears@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au>]

Maybe it's also because many publishers, don't know about Duke 
University Press, don't allow the provision of inter library 
loans from electronic versions.

Stephen Mears
Information Services Librarian
Gardiner Library Service
Locked Bag 1
Hunter Region Mail Centre
stephen.mears@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
www.gardinerlibrary.com

>>> twilliam@bbl.usouthal.edu 07/11/06 7:38 am >>>

Maybe because print-only is cheaper.  We're still plugging ahead with
our E-only policy.

Tom


Kim Steinle wrote:

> In 2006 Duke University Press decoupled print and electronic
> subscriptions and offered three format options: print plus electronic,
> print-only and electronic-only. We have noticed a heavy uptake of the
> print-only format (40% + across the board), which seems unusual given
> the current buzz of libraries going electronic-only. Are librarians
> intentionally selecting print-only? Or, is this a default that the
> agent is selecting? We are concerned that libraries are inadvertently
> losing electronic access. I would be curious as to know why so many
> libraries are choosing print-only.
>
> Kimberly Steinle
> Library Relations Manager
> Duke University Press
> Durham, NC 27701
> ksteinle@dukeupress.edu
> www.dukeupress.edu