[Eril-l] QxMD Reader

[McGrath, Kat]

Hi Matthew,

We've subscribed to Read by QxMD for several years and it has been well received by our users.  We have not had the access problems you describe.
I consulted our Medical Librarians for their input ~

QxMD is developed by Dr. Daniel Schwartz here at UBC and he and his team are very interested in working with academic librarians to improve access to their journal collections through QxMD. I know that he would be very open to discussing his product with any health librarian and how best to make article access seamless for user groups.

I track information about Docphin (like QxMD is personalized and meant for medical professionals) and Browzine (more general dashboard and alerting service). Readcube is similar to all except is a desktop program rather than optimized for mobile devices.

Kat

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Kat McGrath
Renewals and Collections Librarian | UBC Library
University of British Columbia
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Christy, Matthew J.
Sent: December-13-17 9:19 AM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] QxMD Reader

Hi all,

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this, or similar 'reader' products (ReadCube, Docphin). Read by QxMD is basically the latest in a string of for profit companies that expropriate our library's name in their product, without permission, and then create more work for us when patrons report that they're having a problem with the product. It's extremely annoying.
But now QxMD is offering to give us access to a librarian page so that we can add proxy info. That would solve a lot of the problems, however, I'm still reluctant to do so.  Without a contract I can't be sure that in a year or two they won't start charging us for this privilege. And I'm not even convinced that this is a legitimate product/company.

Does anyone have any experience with QxMD that would cause them to recommend or warn us about this company/product?

Thanks,
Matthew Christy
Associate Director for Technology and eResources
Baylor Health Sciences Library
christy at tamhsc.edu<mailto:christy at tamhsc.edu>
214-828-8930 or 214-820-7377
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