Re: electronic access question Fearer, Kathleen E (EED) 27 Apr 2009 16:14 UTC
As Sandhya was describing, we use EJS to display usernames and passwords to authenticated users. We place them in the "End User Access Note" through the Registration Tracker. We include the persistent link to the Journal Home page, which displays the username and password, in the catalog and on our A-to-Z list. But for the journals which are not available on EJS, we are still facing the problem Sylvia described. Katie Fearer Librarian, Periodicals Alaska State Library 907-465-2988 kathleen.fearer@alaska.gov -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Sandhya Srivastava Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:41 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [SERIALST] electronic access question Hi Sylvia I believe there is a way to put your username and password access on the ejs platform so users who authenticate will have the information. They can then jump to the journal and access on their own with the username and password. Speak to your customer service rep at Ebsco and ask where the information can be placed. I haven't done this in a while because all our titles are IP access but I know other libraries have done this. I believe it is a journal note. Sandhya Sandhya (Sandy) D. Srivastava Electronic Resources Librarian New York Institute of Technology Wisser Library Northern Boulevard Old Westbury, New York 11568-8000 Telephone: (516) 686 - 3790 Fax: (516) 686 - 1152 Email: ssrivast@nyit.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Koontz, Sylvia Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:02 AM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [SERIALST] electronic access question Good morning Collective Serials Wisdom, I'm curious as to what other libraries are doing about access to electronic serials that will not authenticate except through their own username/password screens even if they are part of a larger database such as EJS or NCLive (October and Film score monthly are two examples). We'd rather not hand out usernames and passwords, nor does our Ref. librarian want to have to type them in herself each time someone wants to search these titles (as the publishers seem to think should happen). Please copy any replies to me, as I'm on digest. Thank you in advance for your insight! Sylvia Koontz Cataloguer Semans Library University of North Carolina School of the Arts koontzs@uncsa.edu -----Original Message----- From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of SERIALST automatic digest system Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:00 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: SERIALST Digest - 22 Apr 2009 to 23 Apr 2009 (#2009-86) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by SecureMail, and is believed to be clean.