From: Brandon Nordin <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:49:39 +0000 Naka: Many thanks for your kind words yesterday. I think it is far to say that most institutions in the area are returning to normal – but the few that have been badly affected have bigger priorities that worrying about journal access (at least for now). We are calling all our customers in the areas most badly hit by the storm for a status check. Almost perversely, COUNTER download activity in NY, NJ, CT and DE on ACS Web Editions actually went up during the week surrounding the storm despite the wide spread electrical interruptions and facility closures. (We witnessed a similar phenomena last year, in Japan in the days after the tsunami strike.) A interesting demonstration of how important library-supplied content resources are to the research community: even if labs are closed and classes cancelled, access to high quality research and data bases is a clear priority. Brandon Nordin From: Naka Ishii <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:11:11 -0500 Brandon, do you or anyone else know which academic libraries are in need of this kind of assistance? And I'd like to thank ACS for thinking of this measure. Best, Naka Ishii Science Librarian UMass Amherst