Re: OCLC eSerials Holding Service Barbara Pope 25 Apr 2007 18:42 UTC
We also use the eSerials system and Serials Solutions to manage our electronic holdings. I think the eSerials service is a great idea and gives greater visibility to electronic journals. The one thing I wish they would change is to link to our catalog, A to Z List, or Article Linker to actually access the holdings. Serials Solutions does not use the OCLC number in the 001 field of the marc record, but instead a number they created. OCLC is trying to link on the OCLC number, instead of the issn. If a patron or our ILL staff clicks on libraries that own item in the record, they get to a page in our catalog that says we don't have the journal. This is a little bit confusing. We have called Serials Solutions and OCLC multiple times to try to find some solution, but seem to be at a stand still. If anyone has an ideas, I am all ears. Thanks. Barbara Pope, MALS Reference/Periodicals Librarian Axe Library Pittsburg State University Pittsburg KS 66762 bpope@pittstate.edu Laura Vogler wrote: > We are currently using the OCLC's eSerials Holdings Service. We use > EBSCO's A-to-Z service to manage our electronic holdings. It was a > fairly painless process to set up. They upload our records from EBSCO > once a month then we get an email from OCLC letting us know our > records have been updated. In OCLC you will only see your school's > holdings symbol. There are no local holdings attached. It is a help > to have our holding's symbol on electronic resources - it is nice for > the patrons as well as the interlibrary loan department. > > Beyond setting it up, I haven't had much interaction with the system. > It is a fairly painless, behind-the-scenes type of service. > > Regards, > > Laura > > > > Vernell Ward wrote: >> Beverly, >> >> We have been considering this, too. Please let us know what you find >> out. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Vernell Ward >> Library Serials >> OBU Box 61309 >> 500 W. University >> Shawnee, OK 74804 >> 405-878-2255 >> >> >>>>> Beverly Dowdy <bdowdy@UCOK.EDU> 04/25/07 9:53 AM >>> >>>>> >> >> Have any libraries tried the OCLC eSerials Holding Service yet? This >> is the >> service where a vendor (Serials Solutions, SFX, etc.) puts your >> library's >> holdings for all subscribed electronic resources on the record for the >> electronic title in OCLC. >> >> >> We are thinking of doing this and setting the default to not lend and >> not >> reproduce. The main purpose is for our students, who will see our >> library's >> symbol next to an electronic title in WorldCat. >> >> >> >> What are other libraries' experiences? >> >> >> Beverly A. Dowdy >> >> Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian >> >> University of Central Oklahoma >> >> Edmond, OK 73034 >> >> >> >> 405-974-2901 >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> **CONFIDENTIALITY** -This email (including any attachments) may >> contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, any >> unauthorized disclosure or use is >> prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the >> sender and delete this email from your >> system. Thank you. >> >