Increases in the use of paper and toner and the need for regular maintenance on a heavily used printer are a certainty. The cost of supporting end-user printing will be an ongoing conce rn. We will only be able to determine over time just how much of an impact this will have on the Hatfield Library's budget. And, there remains the question of whether or not to pass on the cost of printing to the user. For the present, we are not charg ing for printing from the IAC products, although this arrangement is subject to reconsideration.
Full text creates new concerns in relation to library instruction.
Librarians have previously noted that many students tend to go the easy route in collecting information. They often neglect pertinent sources in favor of those that are either readily at hand or involve the least amount of effort to retrieve, even if these sources are not the most appropriate. The obvious concern is that users will focus only on articles available electronically in full text and neglect other pertinent sources, both electronic and print, simply because the electronic texts are readily at hand. In classroom instruction, as well as with individual instruction at the reference desk, librarians will need to stress the importance of using appropriate indexes, as well as the importance of critically evaluating the citations found through a database search. The availability of some journal titles electronically only through IAC raises the question of whether to include those full-text titles in our online catalog.