From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:48:22 +0100 If your library takes full text databases (for example, Ebscohost), is it normal practice to check what's in the database and cancel existing subscriptions to journals which are duplicated by being in the database, or to not take out new subscriptions to titles which are already in the database? Aggregators' argument, when signing publishers up, is that availability in the database will not affect existing or potential subscriptions. Anecdotally that position has been supported by a handful of librarians, generally from major research institutions. At the same time we have a similar level of directly contradictory evidence, librarians specifically saying they are cancelling a title because its now in a database, or that because it is in a database they are not going to take out a subscription. So, what is the general view on this among the academic library community: does full text inclusion in a database invite cancelling or not subscribing to a particular title, or is that simply not the case? Are there complicating factors? Or is there not a general view at all: some librarians see inclusion in a database as sufficient reason to cancel/not subscribe, others don't? Thank you, Bill Hughes Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd