Re: Taylor & Francis printing snafu Jenny Lockwood 12 Jul 2006 17:40 UTC
There is a schedule of issues printed less frequently in 2006 at http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/biblio.asp. Perhaps that will help somewhat. It shows which issues are being combined in the print format for each title. Sincerely Jenny 09:38 AM 7/12/2006, you wrote: >Hello other SERIALSTs, > >I've come up against a publisher printing change that has really messed >up my check-in and claiming of journal issues. I'd like to see what >others on the list are doing in reaction to this change. > >Taylor & Francis (BTW, previously one of my favorite publishers) has >really thrown a wrench into my work. I guess to save printing costs, >they have begun printing several distinct journal issues in a "combined" >print issue. This is not truly a combined issue because the enumeration >on their website for the online content is specifically broken up so >that most issues remain as single no. for the issue, and T & F actually >has a notation on the print cover saying that the issue contains several >nos. See the examples below. > >The other aspect of this screwy printing is that when a researcher looks >for a current issue and can't find it, they often come to me or the >reference staff to find out when the issue is expected. Obviously, I >now can't tell them the correct issue information. This frustrates the >patron, the reference staff and me. > >Two examples: > >Example 1 > >Inhalation Toxicology >Print ISSN: 0895-8378 >Online ISSN: 1091-7691 >Frequency: 14 issues per year >(frequency taken from their website) > > From the online edition: > >Volume 18 > Number 10 / September 2006 > Number 8 / July 2006 > Number 7 / June 2006 > Number 6 / May 15 2006 > Number 5 / May 1 2006 > Number 4 / April 2006 > Number 3 / March 2006 > Number 2 / February 2006 > Number 1 / January 2006 > > From the print issues: > >Volume 18 > Number 7-10 / 2006 > (no issue date but says on the cover "Included in this print edition: >Number 7 (June), Number 8 (July), Number 9 (August), Number 10 >(September)") > Number 3-6 / 2006 > (no issue date but says on the cover "Included in this print edition: >Number 3 (February 1), Number 4 (February 15), Number 5 (March 1), >Number 6 (April 1)") > Number 1-2 / 2006 > (no issue date but says on the cover "Included in this print edition: >Number 1 (January 1), Number 2 (January 15)") > >Example 2 > >Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A >Print ISSN: 1528-7394 >Online ISSN: 1087-2620 >Frequency: 24 issues per year > > From the online edition: > >Volume 69 > Number 15 / August 1 2006 > Number 14 / July 15 2006 > Number 13 / July 1 2006 > Number 12 / June 15 2006 > Number 11 / June 1 2006 > Number 10 / May 15 2006 > Number 9 / May 1 2006 > Number 7-8 / April 9 2006 > Number 6 / March 26 2006 > Number 5 / March 12 2006 > Number 4 / February 27 2006 > Number 3 / February 2006 > Number 1-2 / January 8 2006 > > From the print issues: > > Number 5-6 / 2006 > (no issue date but says on the cover "Included in this print edition: >Number 5 (March 1), Number 6 (March 15)") > Number 3-4 / 2006 > (no issue date but says on the cover "Included in this print edition: >Number 3 (February 1), Number 4 (February 15)") > Number 1-2 / January 8 2006 > (this one is the same enumeration as the online edition) > >So, as you can see, claiming can be a problem. I can't use the >publisher website for issue enumeration and dates. This means more >claiming which results in more work for everyone; me, the subscription >vendor, and even Taylor & Francis customer service. > >This difference in enumeration and dates also means I can't set up my >serials management program to predict next issues, etc. > >What to do?? What enumeration do I use in my check-in? "Correct" >enumeration from the website or the print issue cover volume and >numbers??!! This is the first time I've come up against this. > >Fellow serialists, what are you doing about this? If this has already >been brought up on the listserv, I missed it. > >Thanks for your feedback! > >barb > >barb dietsch | serials coordinator >epa library | unc contract staff >109 tw alexander drive | mail code c267-01 >research triangle park, nc 27711 >phone: 919.541.0726 >fax: 919.541.1405 >dietsch.barbara@epa.gov Jenny Lockwood New Mexico State University Library Acquisitions Unit-Serials/Electronic Resources PO Box 30006 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 505 646-3104 Fax 505 646-7477