We have our own home-grown ERMS that we call e-Matrix, that grabs print and electronic serial metadata from our Sirsi ILS and combines it with holdings and vendor data from Serials Solutions every night to create both our Journal Finder and Database tools for public consumption, as well as a serial management tool for staff. While we have some browse ("title begins with") capability, it is not used as heavily as keyword search simply because starting browse at any point brings up more entries than anyone can parse! Try a "title begins with" search for "C" and you'll see what I mean. You'll get 9700 results to browse through. A-Z lists worked great when libraries had only a handful of titles, but they aren't terribly useful at an institution of our size. To try it out, go to http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/journals/

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

kdougherty@suno.edu