Yes, we have also run into this situation with content. Three
hip-hoorays for returning these items to the publisher. The choice made at
the library I work at was to develop a spreadsheet of all of these codes
for staff only use.
Diane Tobin
Denver, CO

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Barbara Wickenden (WDHB) <
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> Isn't the aim of scholarly publishing for the book to be referenced?
> Once upon a time one of the checks for purchasing was to ensure the book
> was referenced and indexed.
> Regards
> Barbara Wickenden
>
> Librarian
> Waitemata District health Board
> Takapuna,
> New Zealand
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Adam Moore
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2013 07:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New Norm-No references?? Fundamental Immunology. William
> Paul, 7th ed.
>
> From a posting earlier today about publisher tactics in selling the
> BODIES
> OF BOOKS, BUT  WITHOUT SOME VITAL PARTS:  "I suggest that libraries
> return
> such books to the publisher or refuse to purchase them in the first
> place."
>
>
> THREE CHEERS !
> PLUS a suggestion
> [returning to publisher...] In doing so, effectiveness will be increased
> if
> library staff give these would-be users a small, simple fact sheet about
> the
> issue. Be sure to include the necessary action addresses (such as
> publisher's point person, and any others for "cc's").  A discreet notice
> in
> the library about the policy and listing of specific instances may help
> a
> good deal. It would be appropriate, as well as prudent, to offer a
> "heads
> up" to the Medical, Nursing, Education, Admin., and Purchasing heads as
> well.
>
> -Adam G N Moore MD
>  Exeter, New Hampshire
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> Behalf Of Rothbaum, Ellen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New Norm-No references?? Fundamental Immunology. William
> Paul,
> 7th ed.
>
> I suggest that libraries return such books to the publisher or refuse to
> purchase them in the first place.  If staff complain, tell them why you
> did
> not purchase the book.  We should not permit publishers to unilaterally
> change what we expect scholarly books to be.  Books are products, and we
> should be satisfied as to what they should contain.
>
> Ellen Rothbaum, MS, AHIP
> Assistant Director
> Daniel Carroll Payson Medical Library
> North Shore University Hospital
> 300 Community Drive
> Manhasset, NY 11030
> Voice:  (516) 562-4324
> Fax:  (516) 562-2865
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medical Libraries Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> Behalf Of Bonnie Poston
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: New Norm-No references?? Fundamental Immunology. William Paul,
> 7th
> ed.
>
> Fellow Medlibbers--
>
> Okay, I've recently came across this.  Lippincott (aka Ovid, aka Wolters
> Kluwer) has  published this book without including the references.  To
> get
> the references, one must go online using the scratch off code intended
> for
> individual use. Of course, before it hit the shelf, a graduate student
> checked out the book and wanted to look at the references.  I contacted
> customer service at Lippincott (Wolters Kluwer) and was told I could use
> the
> code on the "honor system".  I asked if she would provide that in
> writing
> and she declined.  Have others been told to use the "honor system" for
> this
> type of content?  How does that work?
>
> I've had my issues with Elsevier and their additional content online for
> individual users, but I have not encountered where an integral part of
> the
> book is not included in the print copy.  At the very least, I think the
> publisher should make that information very clear to libraries, i.e.,
> you
> may pay $250 for our book in print but you won't have access to the
> references.  Is this the new norm?  The 6th edition of this title
> included
> references.  I'm mad and I'm not going to take it anymore!  --I wish :)
>
> Thanks-Bonnie
>
>
>
> Bonnie Poston, MSLS, AHIP
> Acquisitions Librarian
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