Frank-
You raise a very interesting issue. Back when MDC was first put on the
block, there were questions about whether or not the New York Times would
be obligated under its contract with Mead Data. I wonder if the NY Times
is still considering dropping Nexis. I'm not sure why they would, but I
know it was raised back in April or May. Scary.
On Fri, 16 Dec 1994, Franklin Weston wrote:
> Scott:
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> If this is truly the case, then cancelling library subscriptions because
> they are "on-line" takes on a whole new meaning. Retention policy is a
> problem if West and Mead (Lexis) are at the whim of the publishers. And
> then, of course, both of the databases could purge any title of amount of
> holding at any time without notice.
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> Frank Weston
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> On Fri, 16 Dec 1994, Scott Burgh wrote:
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> > An update on AMA journals not on Lexis-Nexis. Some local Chicago reps
> > have now learned that AMA decided to pull their contract, stating that
> > the contract was with Mead Data, not Elsevier Reed.
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> > Scott Burgh
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Allen Mercer Daniel Law Library
Howard University
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