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   As some of you may know, the librarians of the Engineering and Science
Library and the Mellon Institute Library have been investigating the
Landolt Bornstein series.  After much deliberation, we have agreed to
cancel this series.  This does not mean we will stop receiving Landolt
Bornstein volumes.  We will continue to purchase those volumes that best
meet the research needs of Carnegie Mellon, particularly in the areas of
semiconductors and magnetic properties.  In the coming years, if there is a
volume that you feel the libraries should have, but we have not yet
purchased, please contact your liaison librarian.  

   Though this is an important reference series, we feel that this
cancellation is warranted.  Many highly regarded engineering and science
libraries have already cancelled this title, due to its exorbitant price.
For example, peer institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Case
Western Reserve University, Cornell University, and Rutgers University have
not carried this title for some time.  Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and California Institute of Technology follow the same ordering
plan that we will implement, by purchasing only those volumes that are
needed by their researchers.  We will continue to investigate any web based
product that Landolt Bornstein develops.

   We will set aside half of the funds from this cancellation for Landolt
Bornstein volume purchases.  We will re-evaluate this amount as time
passes, adding to it if necessary.  The remainder of the funds will be used
to purchase SciFinder Scholar, and other electronic resources to be
determined later.  SciFinder Scholar is a researching tool developed by
STN, used for searching Chemical Abstracts and other chemical databases.
With SciFinder Scholar, users can access the full Chemical Abstracts
database 24 hours a day.  It includes such features as a substructure
searching module and a reaction searching tool.  For more information on
SciFinder Scholar, visit http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/index.html .

If you have any questions about this decision, please contact your liaison
librarian.

Thank you for your support in the libraries.


Lynn Labun, Liaison for Chemistry, Biology, Head of Mellon Institute Library
labun@andrew.cmu.edu

Lynn Berard, Liaison for Civil Eng, Head of Engineering and Science Library
lberard@andrew.cmu.edu

Missy Harvey, Liaison for Computer Science, ECE, Robotics
harvey@andrew.cmu.edu

Angie Locknar, Liaison for Chemical Eng, Mechanical Eng, MSE, Biomed Eng
locknar@andrew.cmu.edu

Matt Marsteller, Liaison for Physics, Math, EPP
matthewm@andrew.cmu.edu