Re: Taylor & Francis printing snafu William Cohen 12 Jul 2006 20:42 UTC
Barbara: If the anticipated # of print pages, over an extended period of time, is more than you had been receiving, you may be gaining an advantage. If the anticipated # of print pages, over an extended period of time, is problematic--then you may want to consider an internal re-assessment depending on your collection management policies. As with many factors involving serials, any judgment made quickly may or may not be helpful in the long-term economic and collection management picture. Some colleagues in other institutions may share your specific needs, but some may not. Bill Cohen, Publisher The Haworth Press, Inc. www.HaworthPress.com Dietsch.Barbara@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV 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 >