I’m not aware of vast improvements over that general process. We looked at a service called Callisto (http://sharpmoon.com/callisto/) that can provide some relief
in this area. I think Callisto looks very promising but we have not had the time/funding to pursue it.
Buddy Pennington
Director of Collections and Access Management
University of Missouri--Kansas City
308 Miller Nichols Library
800 East 51st St.
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
816-235-1548
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Subject: [SERIALST] Electronic resources claiming (dates of actual access) best practices.
In searching the NASIG archive it looks like the last time we had this discussion was about 5 years ago. I am hoping something might have changed for the positive as I revisit it. I know this topic is like discussing the finer points of
cat herding – while bareback riding a squirrel - but I still need to go there.
I’ve not had much luck in searching the available literature on the topic of electronic claiming and would like the community’s input. I want to be clear that when I say “claiming” I mean finding a way to make the holding statements for
my e-resources in my catalog match up with what the vendors say I have along with the actual range of electronic access that I am actually getting. I’m assuming more or less a one to one relationship between any given title and the payment meaning we don’t
check holdings for individual titles in databases.
When we last discussed this the state of affairs boiled down to these elements. We run a list of e-journals. We get someone to click on the link and see if we have access. We check the oldest and newest issue for article level access. We
move on to the next title. Is that pretty much where we still are or is there some app that can help us out all the way down to the article level?
I am interested in how you identify items for claiming but I am at least, if not more, interested in whether or not you actually claim at all. Is it worth the effort?
Many thanks for your consideration.
Thanks
Michael Lampley
Electronic Serials Librarian
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 298400
2913 West Lowden St.
Fort Worth, TX 76129
817 257 6485 TEL
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