First a big thank you for everyone who responded to my questions. Basically I think the conclusion is that yes we want to continue e-resources claiming. But at the same time, there isn’t really a good way to do it other than the manual way most of us have been doing it. There were some mentions of Callisto so I call the sales department. While I can see some maintenance value in the product as the guy described it, it doesn’t address this concern and I didn’t see enough value for me to go forward based on our discussion. After I attend their webinar there might be something but I’m not holding my breath.

 

 

 

In searching the NASIG archive it looks like the last time we had this discussion was about 5 years ago. I am hoping something might have changed for the positive as I revisit it. I know this topic is like discussing the finer points of cat herding – while bareback riding a squirrel - but I still need to go there.

 

I’ve not had much luck in searching the available literature on the topic of electronic claiming and would like the community’s input.  I want to be clear that when I say “claiming” I mean finding a way to make the holding statements for my e-resources in my catalog match up with what the vendors say I have along with the actual range of electronic access that I am actually getting. I’m assuming more or less a one to one relationship between any given title and the payment meaning we don’t check holdings for individual titles in databases.

 

When we last discussed this the state of affairs boiled down to these elements. We run a list of e-journals. We get someone to click on the link and see if we have access. We check the oldest and newest issue for article level access. We move on to the next title. Is that pretty much where we still are or is there some app that can help us out all the way down to the article level?

 

I am interested in how you identify items for claiming but I am at least, if not more, interested in whether or not you actually claim at all. Is it worth the effort?

 

Many thanks for your consideration.

 

Thanks

 

Michael Lampley

Electronic Serials Librarian

Texas Christian University

TCU Box 298400

2913 West Lowden St.

Fort Worth, TX 76129

817 257 6485 TEL

m.lampley@tcu.edu