This person was very upset because of an apparent change in policy regarding start-date information given. We agreed that this information should go in the Newsletter and that Faxon should be given an opportunity to respond. Although promised a response by yesterday afternoon, I have not heard from Faxon. If there is a response, I will print it in a future issue of the Newsletter. I have researched 3 titles and here are my results.
All actual prices are exclusive of service charges.
Faxon is referencing 1993 publication information but printing 1992 prices. This was not the case in 1991, when the catalog showed 1991 publication information and 1991 prices. There is a statement in the front of both the 1991 and 1992 catalogs indicating that all prices are subject to change, but nothing to indicate that ALL OR MOST of the prices in the 1992 catalog reflect 1992 prices even though the publication information is for 1993. I find this deceptive and misleading and believe that we should warn other librarians that the prices found in the 1992 catalog will not be what they are charged for the period indicated. A message from Tony Ferguson says that the Chief Collection Develop- ment Officers Discussion Group will be discussing several Aqueduct items at their meeting at ALA in San Francisco.