We received v. 10 as well. Although it is listed in the accompanying
material as a supplement to v. 10, it looked more like a replacement
volume 10 and we treated it as such--although I did keep the prior v. 10
just in case! This would also seem to explain the separate billing. The
write up that came with it was very misleading and confusing. One of the
worst I've seen
Kathy Carlson
Wyoming State Law Library
(307) 777-7509
<kcarlson@csn.org>
On 1 Sep 1993, Mary Lu Linnane wrote:
> We received the 1992 revision of MANUAL OF PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE from
> Clark Boardman Callaghan. The accompanying letter explains that it is part
> of our subscription to LIPSCOMB'S WALKER ON PATENTS and it is to be used in
> place of v.10 of that set. However, the manual was billed separately (how is
> that part of our subscription!) and doesn't look like the rest of the set.
> Since it is a separate title it would have to be cataloged separately. How
> are other libraries handling this? Is this another case of a publisher
> finding another way to charge? Does anyone know if the annual upkeep cost of
> Walker on patents will be less since v.10 is now a separate publication?
> Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
>
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