We include our print holdings. We attempt to update the list every 6 months or so (although we do tweak by title as things are weeded).
Our link resolver is SFX, and loading print titles into it… well, I’d call it a “pain in the neck” for politeness’s sake, but that phrase does not do it justice. Part
of the problem is that the best chance for reliable title matching is the ISSN. Not all of our print titles have an ISSN, since we have a reasonably large collection of underground newspapers. Some of these don’t even have an OCLC number.
I am working on some way to get these titles with no ISSN to match on something else, like the object ID number in SFX, but I’ll have to figure out how to get SFX to
look for that, and find a place in the catalog record to store it where SFX can find it.
Melissa Platkowski
Electronic Resources Librarian
David A. Cofrin Library
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
P: (920) 465-2764
F: (920) 465-2136
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
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On Behalf Of Kathleen Dougherty
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:03 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] including print holdings in journal A-Z list
Thanks very much to everyone who responded to my previous question about tracking usage of current serial issues. The responses were so helpful I thought I’d throw another question out to the list
J
We have EBSCO A-Z, which currently lists online titles only. I was wondering if many libraries include print holdings in their A-Z lists, and if so, how often they update them?
Thanks.
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Kate Dougherty
Electronic Resources & Government Documents Librarian
Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5222