Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Allison Mays) Marcia Tuttle 14 Feb 2002 14:53 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:33:29 -0600 From: "Mays, Allison" <maysap@MILLSAPS.EDU> Subject: Re: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Susan C. Shelly) Susan - I have 2 words for you: Serials Solutions. It's a small company in Seattle that creates a list of all of your e-journals from whatever aggregator/vendor that supplies them. We have been putting in records for JSTOR and Project Muse titles, but I agree that it's time-consuming. If I had it to do over again, I'm not sure I would do it because it's redundant with the SS list. Take a look at our list at http://library.millsaps.edu/library/search%20tools/journals.shtml - click on the letters to see how the list looks. We elected to include our print titles; it was a bit of a pain but we felt it was worth it. You tell SS which aggregators (Proquest, JSTOR, Muse) you subscribe to and they go in with their magic software and pull all of those titles into one, nice, neat list with the dates of covereage. You get an updated report every 2 months, and you can get it in print and HTML; other formats are available also. Check out their website at www.serialssolutions.com I guarantee it'll be the best money you've spent in awhile! Serials Solutions is a fabulous company to deal with and the price is very reasonable. If you want more information or explanation, let me know. Allison P. Mays Acquisitions Librarian Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street Jackson, MS 39210 601-974-1083 maysap@millsaps.edu -----Original Message----- From: Marcia Tuttle [mailto:tuttle@email.unc.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:43 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC (Susan C. Shelly) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:22:47 -0500 From: Susan C Shelly <susancs@GOSHEN.EDU> Subject: putting JSTOR and MUSE in OCLC I am posting this question to COLLIB and Serialst so please forgive any overlap............. When we receive word of new JSTOR or MUSE titles and new issues, our Periodicals Coordinator has entered this all into our catalog and checklist of periodicals, and she has also entered this into our holdings for OCLC (and therefore makes them known for ILL). This is quite a laborious process and it means she goes through the list of new stuff twice. Our current systems do not allow for a nice big electronic transfer of this info. In quietly asking around, I get the impression that not all academic libraries enter these holdings for OCLC because it is so labor-intensive. I am new to my serials position and I'm not sure what is typically done. Can you tell me what you are doing and / or what the general trend is? ******************************* Susan Capps Shelly Librarian, Serials and Services Good Library GOSHEN COLLEGE 1700 South Main Street Goshen, Indiana 46526 574.535.7637