I just left a faculty meeting in which our library representative discussed an alarming development regarding the charges to libraries for PsychInfo subscriptions. Our subscription is obtained through a state-wide subscription that covers all libraries in the 10 universities in the Florida State University System. This subscription rate is based on a computation of expected numbers of users. APA has changed their formula and is now using a head count of all university students and personnel (including, it seems, custodial and landscaping staff as users of PsychInfo) rather than traditional computations of student FTEs. One consequence is that the Florida SUS is seeing a 125% increase in subscription costs. At the present time, the SUS is threatening to cancel the subscription to PsychInfo. As you can imagine, faculty at our university are in an uproar. We are unusual in that our subscription goes up for renewal in January (most schools get this in July). Is anyone on TIPS aware of this change? (You might want to give your libraries a warning if your subscription renews in July.) If so, what action has your institution taken? Claudia Stanny ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html
