From: Susan Raidy-Klein <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:56:13 -0500

Audrey,

That would be my expectation as well.  I'd be interested to learn how
and if this issue is resolved since we are looking at the subscription
option.

Good luck,
Susan

Susan Raidy-Klein
Collection Development & Acquisition Librarian
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
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From: "Bondar, Audrey" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:54:18 -0500

Hi Susan,

Thank you for the feedback.  This collection is an annual
subscription.  I have purchased other ebooks that would be, to me, the
same as purchasing a print copy.  You pay for the next edition if you
choose to.  However, for a subscribed title we expected the most
current information.

--Audrey

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From: Susan Raidy-Klein <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:16:40 -0500

Audrey,

It's not clear from your comment If you purchased the collection
without a contractual stipulation that they would be replaced with
more current editions.  Generally, the subscription method would
provide for updating of editions, but not a one-time purchase.

Hope this helps,
Susan

Susan Raidy-Klein
Collection Development & Acquisition Librarian
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
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From: "Bondar, Audrey" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:48:18 -0500

Please excuse the cross posting.

A couple days ago I decided to take a closer look at the Ovid
Lippincott's Clinical Choice Collection of ebook titles.

There are 36 books in the collection.  Of them:

2013=1; 2012=1; 2011=1; 2010=3; 2009=12; 2008=3; 2006=4; 2005=4;
2002=1; 2001=3; 2000=1 and 1999=2

(I used the date info found on the website but searching elsewhere the
date was sometimes off by 1 year)

Of these included titles:

CLINICAL ANESTHESIA, 2009, 6th edition is listed but the 7th 2013 is
available and it is a LWW title

Schiff's DISEASES OF THE LIVER, 2006, 10th edition--this title is now
published by Wiley as the 11th edition 2012 and access is provided to
the 10th edition

MODERN NUTRITION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, 2005, 10th edition--11th ed.
2014 LWW is listed in OCLC but access is to the older ed.

REICHEL'S CARE OF THE ELDERLY: CLINICAL ASPECTS OF AGING, 1999, 5th
edition--the 2009 is published by Cambridge and access is given to the
5th

I'm disappointed.  My expectation is that when we are subscribing to a
clinical collection we are receiving the most current edition of the
titles listed.  Also, I didn't realize that the year with the most
titles is 2009.  I will review all future collection purchases more
closely.  What do you think?

Audrey Bondar, MSLS, AHIP
Librarian
Henry Ford Hospital
Sladen Library
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