Re: 856 links -- 2 messages SERIALST Moderator 04 Aug 2003 18:04 UTC
2 messages, 93 lines: (1)------------------- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 11:58:03 -0400 From: Susan Davis <unlsdb@acsu.buffalo.edu> Subject: Re: 856 links -- Alan May Hello, we take out all 856 links to products/websites if we are not entitled to full access. Our patrons and public service librarians assume we have access if a link appears in an 856 because we do catalog all our electronic journals and database products. It's hard to remember to remove the 856s when we pass in records from OCLC for order purposes, even if we are ordering an electronic subscription since we won't have access until the payment/license/registration process is complete. Susan Davis Susan Davis Head, Periodicals University at Buffalo (SUNY) 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 (716) 645-2784 (716) 645-5955 fax unlsdb@buffalo.edu (2)------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 19:13:26 +0200 From: Carol.Bream@cec.eu.int Subject: RE: 856 links -- Alan May We use the $3"Materials specified" and $z "Public note" sub-fields e.g. 85641$zFulltext available from Volume 35, Issue 1, 1997 onwards. Access from Commission intranet only$uhttp://www.swetswise.com/link/access%5Fdb?issn=0021-9886 $3 - Materials specified (NR) Contains information that specifies the part of the bibliographic item to which the field applies. Please note that Subfield $3 is always used to provide further information about the relationship if it is not a one-to-one relationship. e.g. 856 41$3Tables of contents$zAccess from Commission intranet only $uhttp://www.swetsnet.nl/link/access%5Fdb?issn=0003-603X 856 42$3Abstacts$u 856 42$3Journal homepage. Tables of contents and abstracts If there are Tables of contents but not full text of articles: 856 41$3Tables of contents$u 856 42$3Executive summary in English and German$uhttp://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/intwipo/disbei/dp%5F81.html Carol Bream European Commission Central Library http://europa.eu.int/eclas -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 10:28:41 -0500 From: alan may <amay@bama.ua.edu> Subject: 856 links All, We're having a problem with some of our 856 links, and I was hoping I could get suggestions from the list. My understanding is that, in some resources (like First Search), we have limited access, depending on our subscription. Some of our copy catalogers bring in records and then check the links. However, unless we spend a fair amount of time looking around in databases, it's often hard to figure out exactly what we have access to, and how much access we have. We thought about deleting the 856 field for resources to which we have zero or limited access (like a brief description, summary, or a table of contents), but here's the crux: we figure that in some cases, patrons might want information provided by the links, and other patrons might click on a link we provide and find the page they're taken to confusing and/or frustrating. How are other libraries dealing with this? Any suggestions are welcome. Alan May