[Eril-l] Drug Ads in DSM library

[McGarvey, Nancy]

I think this is unacceptable!  I had not noticed this until Jane pointed it
out, but just tried it.  I find the ad and its position front and center
for 10 seconds to be beyond any expectation we have for a paid resource.
It somehow implies that we are supporting whatever the drug is that's in
the advertisement and that is certainly not the case.  An unobtrusive ad in
a sidebar is one thing, but this is borderline obnoxious.

If APA Publishing insists on continuing this practice then our subscription
rates should be discounted by the amount it's getting paid to run the ads.

Nancy

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Kearns, Jane E. <JKearns at vtc.vsc.edu>
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> Hi,
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>   We subscribe to the DSM library and have noticed recently that ads for
> drugs are popping up when jumping into the resource. Our users are pretty
> confused by  this – wondering why a library resource has drug ads. APA
> response to my questioning the ads in a paid resource is below – they don’t
> see it as an issue.
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> Thanks,
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> Thank you for contacting APA Publishing. At this time we are showing
> online ads to all customers and, like our print ads, all ad content
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> For the interstitial ad this is set to only show once per day to each
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