Re: Cool! (checking/comparing holdings data in other library systems) Helen Lord ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 02 Aug 2001 13:29 UTC
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:22:13 -0500 From: Helen Lord <hlord@AHML.LIB.IL.US> Subject: Re: Cool! (checking/comparing holdings data in other librarysystems) Hi, I tried the New York Public Library URL and found Early American Life. I wanted to check out why the Oct 2001 issue had issue 5 whereas I had it listed as 6. I had attributed an issue number to the Decorating issue which didn't have a number and confirmed that Oct 2001 was 30:5 after all. And ,of course, that is what the magazine said! That was a great suggestion for checking out doubtful situations. Thanks! Helen Lord Helen Lord,Acquisitions Clerk Arlington Heights Memorial Library 500 N. Dunton Ave Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Phone: (847) 870-4397 Fax: (847) 506-2636 hlord@ahml.lib.il.us >>> hhankel@MAIL.JEFFERSON.LIB.LA.US 07/27/01 02:10PM >>> I have been using nypl for the same thing. I love it. They seem to process their periodicals in a very timely manner. Thanks NYPL! Hallie Hankel Serials Librarian Jefferson Parish Library 4747 W. Napoleon Ave. Metairie, LA 70001-2310 phone 504-838-1100 fax 504-838-1121 hhankel@mail.jefferson.lib.la.us -----Original Message----- From: Jeanette Skwor [mailto:skworj@UWGB.EDU] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:49 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Cool! (checking/comparing holdings data in other library systems) I just made the neatest discovery! Background: Before I generate a claim, in addition to my own inhouse background check, I check the holdings of other libraries - I have a couple here in state (the largest campuses), the University of Rochester Libraries, which cover much of what I cannot find in Wisconsin, and New York Public Library, which gets most everything else. I don't count a *lot* on out of state libraries, but do note that they already have the issue, and perhaps add a week or two to my expected-on date; it's also very useful to see that *no one* else has it, and that perhaps when it appears, it's combined. Anyway: I was just searching _The Journal of Community Practice_ in NYP and noticed, for the first time, that they show only the most current issue on their holdings screen. Hmmm. And the header, "Latest Received" is a clickable link. So I clicked on it & hit the jackpot. They list the holdings in box form, with each issue appearing in it's own little cublicle as either "arrived" or "expected", *and the date*. So not only can I see what they have, but when they got it. Thank you, New York Public Library! http://catnyp.nypl.org/ Jeanette L. Skwor Serials Dept. Cofrin Library University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2670