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 -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Nordin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 3:13 AM ACS Publications announces Library Disaster Relief Initiative ACS Publications would like to express its concern and support for the organizations, libraries, and the research communities they serve in the areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy. While it is too soon to authoritatively discern the impact of this storm on our customers and their patrons, it is clear given the large-scale destruction to the coastal communities of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, that there is significant potential for longer-term disruption to library information access and infrastructure. At ACS we count ourselves fortunate that neither our facilities, our IT infrastructure or services, nor our customer service or technical support centers were affected by the storm. Although our offices in Washington DC were closed for Monday and Tuesday after the storm, our online services and systems were not interrupted by the event. Today everyone is rightly focused on the health and safety of the entire population of the impacted areas. However, ACS wishes to announce these immediate provisions to ensure continued access for scientists and students in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware to research materials published in the journals of the American Chemical Society. 1. Print Journal Replacement Program * Any academic library in the disaster area that has suffered damage to either print or microfilm copies of ACS journals and/or has restricted access due to the storm on these materials, will receive complimentary access to the electronic versions of those volumes for the remainder of 2012 and for 2013. 2. Inter-Campus Shared Services Program * If an academic institution enters into a reciprocal relationship with another to allow students from a disaster-damaged institution library privileges, ACS will mirror the 2012-2013 ACS subscription rights of the impacted institution to the shared service library at no additional charge. * Any current ACS academic library customer in the disaster zone, looking to support ³walk-in access² to community members, may apply to ACS for immediate licensed access to ACS All Publications until January 1, 2013. We are contacting our corporate and government library customers to better understand their current requirements for alternative access provisions. Similarly, if there are academic libraries in states contiguous to the core mid-Atlantic rim that have significant disruption in their capabilities, we will be happy to work with them on a case by case basis. These programs may be modified or extended in the future based as information regarding the extent of the damage and the needs our library partners becomes more available. Details of this program will be published shortly on the ACS Publications Library Resource Center. Interested institutions should contact ACS Publications Post-Sandy Response coordinator, LaRhonda Dematteis at [log in to unmask] or (614) 447-3757. Respectfully, Brandon A. Nordin Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Digital Strategy ACS PUBLICATIONS