Library Resource Center
OSA Library Resource Center: FAQs
Ordering and Customer Service
Where should I mail payment for my subscription(s)?
What forms of payment does OSA accept?
How can I get a copy of a subscription invoice?
Can I purchase single copies of articles and/or individual journal issues?
Can I purchase back issues/volumes?
What is OSA's refund policy?
What is OSA's post-cancellation policy?
Shipping and Missing Issues
How are OSA journals shipped?
What should I do if I am missing print issues?
Access and Usage
I forgot my password to access the OSA Library Resource Center. How can I retrieve it?
Do I need a user agreement?
We paid for an online institutional subscription but don't have access. What could be wrong?
Does OSA offer trial access?
What are the permitted and prohibited uses for OSA's content?
Is the OSA Publishing website accessible for people with disabilities?
Usage Reports
What is COUNTER?
How can I access my institution's COUNTER-compliant usage reports?
What is SUSHI and how does it relate to COUNTER Release 3?
Can I see turn-away data in my institution's COUNTER reports?
What date ranges are available for OSA's usage reports?
What are the available file types for OSA's COUNTER reports?
When will the COUNTER usage reports be ready for viewing each month?
How is usage activity assigned to an account?
General Questions
What is OSA's subscription period?
Where can I find the impact factors for OSA's Journals?
Do you provide author and subject indexes for your journals? If so, when?
What if I can't find the answer to my question in the list of Frequently Asked Questions?
Does OSA have a Digital Preservation policy?
Ordering and Customer Service
Where should I mail payment for my subscription(s)?
Please mail your payment to:
Attn: Finance Department
2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036 USA
Tel: +1 202.416.1901
Fax: +1 202.416.1450
Email: elec@osa.org
What forms of payment does OSA accept?
OSA accepts three major forms of payment:
- Check or money order or bank draft: Note that all checks must be payable in U.S. dollars, be drawn on a U.S. bank, and be made payable to The Optical Society (OSA). To ensure proper credit, please return a copy of your invoice with your payment.
- Credit card: OSA accepts a wide variety of credit cards including American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Diners, JCB, and Discover. When making payment by credit card, please be sure to complete all of the information at the bottom of the invoice and then sign and date the invoice. From there, simply fax the completed form to us at +1 202.416.1450, email us a PDF at accrec@osa.org, or call us at +1 800.766.4672 in the US or +1 202.416.1907 outside the US to make a payment by talking with one of our customer service associates.
- Bank wire transfer: OSA is happy to accept your wire payment. When paying by wire, please make sure that the wire transfer include the remitter's name, the invoice number, and/or a description of where to apply the payment, and then send the wire to:
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Bank of America
1501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20013
SWIFT—BOFAUS3N ABA# 0260-0959-3
OSA Account Number 20 867 84 287
If you have supporting documents, please fax them to OSA's Finance Department at +1 202.416.1450. Please be sure to include any bank fees associated with your wire transfer, as your bank may deduct their fees from the total sent to us. Note that OSA requires that the remitter be responsible for bank fees related to their wire transfer.
How can I get a copy of a subscription invoice?
Please contact Susannah Lehman by telephone at +1.202.416.1901 or by email at elec@osa.org.
Can I purchase single copies of articles and/or individual journal issues?
Single copies of articles appearing in OSA journals may be ordered via pay-per-view on www.osapublishing.org or through OSA's customer service team at custserv@osa.org. Single issues are also available and may be ordered via the same method.
Can I purchase back volumes?
OSA offers back volumes for many of our titles. For pricing and availability, please contact us at elec@osa.org.
What is OSA's refund policy?
Requests for refunds will be handled on an individual basis, and if approved, will be prorated, based on the number of unfulfilled issues in the calendar year. Cancellation requests must be received 90 days from receipt of the order (whether direct or via subscription agent). Refunds are subject to a $100.00 cancellation fee per title.
What is OSA's post-cancellation policy?
Should you cancel your subscription, you may (for a minimal fee) receive digital files of the journal(s) that you subscribed to for the time during which you paid for online access. If interested, please contact us with your request at elec@osa.org.
Shipping and Missing Issues
How are OSA journals shipped?
OSA journals shipped to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America will be sent by surface mail. OSA journals that are sent to countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania will be sent via air freight. Note that additional rates are charged for shipping outside the U.S. Please see our pricing sheet to determine the applicable shipping rates for your country. Additionally, all back issues, regardless of country, will be sent by surface mail.
What should we do if we are missing print issues?
Missing issue claims will only be honored if they are received within three months of the publication date for a specific issue of an individual journal. Please allow 6-8 weeks for print copies to arrive at your library before submitting a claim to OSA at claims@osa.org.
Access and Usage
I forgot my user name and/or password to access the OSA Library Resource Center. How can I retrieve it?
Your user name is your e-mail address. For your password, please visit our Forgot Password page where you will be asked to enter your email address. From there, a message with instructions on how to reset your password will be sent to you via email.
Do I need a license/user agreement?
All institutional subscribers must agree to and sign OSA's License Agreement. If you have not yet filled out a license agreement, please find our most recent license agreements on the home page of the Librarian Resource Center.
We paid for an online institutional subscription but don't have access. What could be wrong?
In order to gain access, you must first return a signed license to OSA. If you have not yet filled out a user agreement, please find our most recent license agreements on the home page of the Librarian Resource Center.
If you have submitted a user agreement and are still experiencing problems, you may be attempting to access OSA content from an Internet Protocol (IP) address that OSA does not have in your record. Please send your current IP address and/or contact us via elec@osa.org for help. .
If you have submitted a user agreement and are still experiencing problems, you may be attempting to access OSA content from an Internet Protocol (IP) address that OSA does not have in your record. Please send your current IP address and/or contact us via elec@osa.org for help.
Does OSA offer trial access to OSA Publishing?
Yes! Please contact us at elec@osa.org to request a free trial.
What are the permitted and prohibited uses for OSA Publishing content?
Please see OSA's License Agreement on the Librarian Resource Center home page for complete details on permissible uses of OSA's online journals and conference papers
Is the OSA Publishing website accessible for people with disabilities?
OSA strives to provide an accessible web presence to all people, regardless of disabilities. To support this commitment, OSA follows the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A as the enterprise Web Accessibility objective.
If you require assistance or wish to report an issue related to the accessibility of any content on the OSA Publishing website, please contact custserv@osa.org . Please specify the nature of the accessibility issue and the assistive technology you use.
Usage Reports
What is COUNTER?
Project COUNTER is an industry initiative that provides guidelines for the measurement, creation, and distribution of online usage reports to institutional subscribers. See http://projectcounter.org for more information. OSA is committed to providing usage reports to our subscribers and is compliant with COUNTER Release 4.
How can I access my institution's COUNTER compliant usage reports?
OSA is pleased to provide all institutional subscribers with access their counter compliant reports via our OSA Publishing Library Resource Center. Registered users may download their COUNTER reports. Please contact elec@osa.org should you require any assistance accessing your usage reports.
What is SUSHI and how does it relate to COUNTER Release 4?
SUSHI stands for Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative. This protocol has been incorporated into the COUNTER Code of Practice and has been developed by NISO (National Information Standards Organizations) in cooperation with COUNTER. SUSHI allows for the automated retrieval of the COUNTER usage reports into local systems, making the harvesting and aggregating of usage reports much less time-consuming for the librarian or library consortium administrator.
Can I see turn-away data in my institution's COUNTER reports?
Yes, the new COUNTER 4 reports include turn-away data for subscribing institutions.
What date ranges are available for OSA's COUNTER reports?
All COUNTER-compliant usage data are available beginning January 2010.
When will the COUNTER usage reports be ready for viewing each month?
Monthly usage reports will be available within four weeks of the end of the month as per COUNTER standards. You can log in to view your reports or an email notification will be sent out each quarter to remind you that usage reports are available on the OSA Library Resource Center.
How is usage activity assigned to an account?
Usage activity is assigned by IP address to each account that contains that IP address. Activity will be assigned to each account if the IP address falls under multiple accounts. Summary reports for groups or consortia with overlapping IP addresses in sub-accounts will have the duplicate usage removed.
General
What is OSA's subscription period?
All OSA journal subscriptions run from January–December of each year and are for a one year term only. No multiple-year subscriptions are offered. Back issues are available for subscriptions placed later during the current year.
You can find the most recent journal impact factors in the Author Resource Center.
Do you provide author and subject indexes for your journals? If so, when?
OSA publishes an annual author and subject index in the last print issue of each volume of Applied Optics, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optics Letters, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Journal of Display Technology, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Journal of Optical Technology, and Chinese Optics Letters.
What if I can't find the answer to my question in this FAQ?
Please consult our OSA Library Resource Center. If you still require assistance, please feel free to contact OSA directly by e-mailing your question to us at elec@osa.org or by calling us at +1.202.416.1901.
Does OSA have a Digital Preservation policy?
OSA is committed to the long-term preservation of the OSA online publications. The publisher has an agreement with Portico, a third-party, to preserve OSA published content.