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 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ 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 -----Original Message----- 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 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ 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 [log in to unmask]