Hello,

Duquesne University relies soley on SFX to inform patrons of our
electronic journal holdings. Using SFX we create an A-Z title list and
using MARCit our e-journals are in our OPAC.  The SFX holdings are
tweaked only when necessary, such as for EJS or for titles purchased
directly from publishers.  Previously, staff copy cataloged OCLC records
into the OPAC and maintained URL and holdings statements for each
instance.  SFX took this impossible maintenance task over for us and we
are greatly releived and happy with the product.

Thanks,
Carmel Yurochko
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Carmel Yurochko
Serials/E.R. Librarian - Psychology Dept. Liaison
Duquesne University / Gumberg Library
600 Forbes Avenue / Pittsburgh, PA 15282
412.396-5233 / fax 412.396-5639
yurochko@library.duq.edu
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Saint Therese, the Little Flower, once wrote, "I am simply content to
find myself always imperfect."

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Zeigler, Amanda
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:22 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] How do you inform patrons of your electronic journal
holdings?

Hello all,

We are once again considering how best to manage our e-journal holdings
information. I am curious about how other libraries handle this task. Do
you and/or your staff manually review and update the holdings
information in your catalog? Do you use an automated system such as
MARCit to put the information in bib records in your catalog? How about
generating an A to Z journal listing using SFX that gives availability
information? Are there other possible alternatives that I have not
considered? I appreciate any and all helpful hints.

Thank you for your feedback. It will help us make a more informed
decision. I will provide a summary of responses to the list.

Best regards,

Amanda Zeigler
Serials Librarian
Technical Library
(505)284-0219 (p)
azeigle@sandia.gov