DePauw University chose some time ago to not load all the e-journal information into the Catalog and we quit adding JSTOR, Project Muse, ACS, and other information into our ILS. What we chose to do instead, is create a journals tab within our OPAC and home page, that does an SFX search. The patron does not realize they are searching a separate system, and everyone finds everything they need. We have ran it this way since about 2005 and it has worked extremely well. We did load our print holdings into SFX via an import. So, the users find everything they need.
In addition, new tools like Primo can ingest your link resolver database, potentially eliminating the need to load all that into your ILS.
- Sherri Parker
We add full catalog records for all JSTOR titles. It is another point of access for our students and faculty. JSTOR has become one of our most heavily used databases.
Martha Spicuzza
Techical Services Librarian/Serials
Hillsdale College Mossey Library
33 E College Street
Hillsdale MI 49242
Phone: 517-607-2405
Email: mspicuzza@hillsdale.edu
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Snyder, Lori Beth
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:10 AM
Do you include JSTOR titles in your library catalog? There is a debate at our library regarding this practice. On one side, we own JSTOR titles so they should be in the catalog. The other side of the debate is that JSTOR titles are accessible through our JSTOR subscription, which functions more as a database, so they need not be in the catalog. What has your library decided on this issue?
Lori B. Snyder
Resource Management Librarian - Acquisitions
Guillermin Library/ILRC
Liberty University
(434) 582-2815