Re: Shared-catalogs and vender loaded MARC records Stokes, Judith 04 Nov 2004 19:32 UTC
The HELIN Consortium in Rhode Island shares an Innovative Interfaces catalog among 9 academic and 13 hospital libraries (and uses In Reach software, which we call "In Rhode" to search the catalog of our 10th academic library member). The 9 academics recently loaded Serials Solutions MARC records for our e-serials into our shared catalog: http://helin.uri.edu <http://helin.uri.edu/> URLs are in the bib records, one for every library that has any holdings, and they take you to Serials Solutions. So, the hyperlink that says "View available full text for RIC" takes you to the display you would see if you searched the same title on the RIC Serials Solutions list. You read the dates and select the link to the e-journal from there (or return to the catalog to look for paper if the dates you need aren't available online). Our users are very happy with this, and so far, so is our systems office. I'll send Shana the e-mail address of the person who can answer the rest of her questions off list. Judith E. Stokes, Serials Librarian Adams Library, Rhode Island College 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Providence, RI 02908 (401)456-8165 JStokes@RIC.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Shana McDanold Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:11 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] Shared-catalogs and vender loaded MARC records Good morning. Saint Louis University libraries are part of a consortium of 5 other institutions in Missouri, and we have a shared catalog (called MERLIN). Recently the proposal of loading MARC records for our e-serials through a vendor (Serials Solutions, SFX, etc.) was brought up and we are evaluating the possible effects of it, both for us in technical services and our users. We are currently using the single-record system, so this would be a change to separate records for each format. I was wondering if anyone that shares a catalog with another institution and loads MARC records for e-serials would be willing to share their experiences. We have loaded records for NetLibrary, but the access was purchased for everyone, as opposed to e-serials where each institution has different access and thus different URLs, not to mention different titles. We are specifically interested in: *issues of how to handle the display of multiple URLs from multiple institutions (are they in your bib records, items or check-ins?) *the loading process *loss of access to a title (everyone or just a few libraries...deletion process?) *and anything else that has come up as an issue that wasn't necessarily anticipated (other display issues?, user feedback?, etc.) Thanks in advance for your time and help! I will summarize responses for the list if anyone is interested. Cheers, Shana -- Shana L. McDanold Serials (and Non-Print Formats) Cataloger Pius XII Memorial Library Saint Louis University Phone: (314) 977-3098 E-mail: mcdanold@slu.edu