Re: Print-Only Subscription Trend

[Don Taylor <dstaylor@sfu.ca>]

Kim, At Simon Fraser University, our serials agent automatically 
reverted our orders to "print only" when any serial dropped the 
"print + free online" option and went to the three format options 
you mention. We almost never wanted the "print only" 
subscription, but that is what we got stuck with during the first 
part of the calendar year until we realized what had happened.

Regards,
Don Taylor

-------------------------------------------------------------
Donald Taylor
Electronic Resources Librarian      email: dstaylor@sfu.ca
Simon Fraser University Library     ph: 604-291-4930
8888 University Drive                    fax: 604-291-3023
Burnaby, BC, Canada  V5A 1S6

At 12:56 PM 10/07/2006, you 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