Re: Controlling Electronic Journals, Serials Solutions (2 messages) Birdie MacLennan 31 Jul 2001 18:39 UTC
2 messages, 85 lines: (1)---------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:45:21 -0400 From: Susana Hernandez-Kurtulus <Susana.Hernandez-Kurtulus@MED.VA.GOV> Subject: Re: Controlling Electronic Journals Please, share results of the survey with the group. Susana Hernandez-Kurtulus <Susana.Hernandez-Kurtulus@MED.VA.GOV> (2)----------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:35:56 -0400 From: Carolyn Gaswick <Cgaswick@ALBION.EDU> Subject: Serials Solutions Mary Beth Bell's question about Serials Solutions has motivated me to respond about the very same question which I posed on the list last week. The responses I've received have all been positive. Maintaining such a list in-house is very time consuming, and Serials Solutions can be a big help. There were some recommendations that I also check out Journal Web Cite and TDNet. In some cases the file is maintained on your library server, in other cases it is maintained on the vendor server. There are also differences in use statistics. Thanks to all of you who took time to reply to my query! Carolyn Gaswick Head, Periodicals and Documents Stockwell-Mudd Libraries Albion College Albion, MI 49224 cgaswick@albion.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:17 PM From: Mary Beth Bell <mbell@OSWEGO.EDU> Subject: Controlling Electronic Journals Hi, I am new to this list. Hope my question is relevant for discussion here. At ALA this summer, I visited the booth of Serials Solutions, a vendor that specializes in helping libraries create a list of their electronic journal titles, and then keep that list up-to-date in a timely manner. While we are currently using an in-house program to accomplish this at SUNY (State Univ. of NY) at Oswego, it is labor intensive and time-consuming to maintain, and a Library Director, my feeling is that it makes sense to turn the whole process over to someone else to manage for us. I am wondering if others on this list are currently working with either Serials Solutions, or some other vendor offering this same type of service? If so, what has your experience been? If at all possible, I would like to be able to develop a list that is both subject coded and searchable by keyword in title. A longer range goal is to process at least brief catalog records for the thousands of electronic journals to which we subscribe. The current cost of doing this and the staff time it would require make this a more difficult solution. Further, even when we do accomplish this goal, a separate journal list will probably remain popular, as it has always been. If we can eventually merge our print journal list with the electronic journal list, this would also be highly desirable. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Mary Beth Bell Library Director Penfield Library SUNY Oswego 315-312-2724 <mbell@OSWEGO.EDU>