[10348] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Providing access to alternate formats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Judith Brink)
Fri Jun 28 21:38:25 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:05:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Judith Brink <judith_brink@ccmail.bus.umich.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Please reply directly to the author, not PACS-L. Thanks, Linda
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Publishers are in the process of changing the formats for traditional
reference sources. At the University of Michigan Business School
Library, we are grappling with the problems which accompany discs and
diskettes from these publishers. Two cases in point:
(1) Value Line has announced that they will no longer send us a print
edition of the Industry Review. Instead, we have begun receiving a
diskette. The problem with this policy, however, is that the monthly
disks are not cumulative, so we have twelve individual disks/issues
which must all be available for our patrons. An installation of an
update will override the previous month.
(2) CRB (Commodity Yearbook Statistical Supplement) is now sending
diskette supplements. The cell contents are not parsed so one row
equals one cell. It is necessary to add breaks in tables in order to
use in spreadsheets. This must be done to each individual table. The
data is not read only and there is a noticeable lack of instructions.
Has anyone faced similar problems with these two titles or with other
sources? Have you been able to circumvent the problems? How?
Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide.
Judith A. Brink, Selection Coordinator
University of Michigan Business School
Kresge Business Administration Library Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
313-764-6845
jbrink@umich.edu
