In September librarians will be carefully reviewing both the print and electronic subscription lists. If a cancellation list is developed, it will be placed on the Library's web site and publicized by a variety of means. We welcome your comments on materials that you believe are essential that the Library keep and your recommendations for books, print journal subscriptions and electronic journal and database subscriptions that you believe the Library should have. We need to hear from you before we place the renewals in October. Books in Print provides useful information about books currently reported to be in print by publishers.
Information includes author, title, publisher's address, and, sometimes, price.
BIP uses the OVID database interface. Other new TexShare databases include InfoTrac News, which includes the full-text of several Texas newspapers, Texas Almanac, and Biography and Genealogy Master Index. The Library uses the services of the state contract binder, Everett's Bindery, located in Bossier City, Louisiana. Because of the backlog of Library journals needing to be bound, the Library has indefinitely suspended binding journals for departments, thus extending the moratorium that was initiated in 1999. Departments contemplating binding journals should consider that electronic access to journals is increasing rapidly, thus providing more efficient access to the biomedical literature.