If you take a look at the editorial in the online JAN 2007 issue, page
1,  "Taking the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology into the
21st Century", you'll find a pretty thorough explanation of the changes
that have taken place, along with the reasons why. 

According to the article, the "official" version of the journal will
appear online, and the print version will feature abridged articles,
approximately 2 pages long.  References are included only in the online
version.  So libraries will have no choice but to go with the online
version.  

As to your question regarding whether the print version has any value...
Only the print summaries contain an "Overview" describing the study in a
sentence or two, and "Clinical Implications" which are bullet points on
the significance of the study.   I compared a couple of print and online
articles and found that the abridged print version follows the same form
as the online version, i.e. Background and Objective, Materials and
Methods, Results, Comments.  But the print versions I reviewed were
about 2 1/2 pages, and the online versions were approximately 7 pages.


The article goes on to say the print version is being distributed free
to all obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States.   I don't
know if this goes for libraries as well.

Janet Millar
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-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: Amer. J. of OB/Gyn full-text only online now?

We no longer receive the print version.  Is the content on the 1-2 page
print version different enough that my users will want that as well?  Or
is
it just an abstract or segments of the article?   Anyone with print and
online that can comment more?

Angela Murrell

-----Original Message-----
 Also the print version is quite different from the online version. I
also checked in PubMed, where the articles are not fully indexed yet.
The citations give the starting page number for the print and e-pages,
e.g. 29, e1-6.
--snip--

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